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with Chermes cooleyi, Gillette. The pea crop in Alameda county has 

 been injured by an Aphid, Macrosiphum destructor. Xyleborus xi/Io- 

 grapJius, Say (shot-hole borer), has been observed in San Bernardino 

 and Riverside counties ; adults and larvae were taken from dead 

 and hving wood of apple and apricot. In one case, the apricot trees 

 had previously been injured by spraying with distillate oil mechanical 

 mixture for black scale. 



Maskew (F). Quarantine Division ; Report for the Month of March 

 1915.— Mthly. Bull. State Commiss. Hortic, Sacramento, Cat., iv, 

 nos. 5 and 6, May and June 1915, pp. 287-289. 



The following pests have been intercepted : — From Central America : 

 AspidiotKS cyanophylli on bananas. From China : Phomopsis citri 

 on pomelos ; Cylas formicarivs in sweet potatoes. From Cuba . 

 Lepidosaphes beckii, Parlatoria pergandn and a fungus on citrus trees ; 

 Houxirdia hiclavis and Aspidiotus lataniae on jasmine, gardenia and 

 climbing vine ; A. lataniae on coconut palm ; Chrysomphalns aonidum 

 on palm ; Pseudococcus citri on crotons and various plants. From 

 Honolulu : Diaspis bromeliae and Pseudococcus hromeliae on pine- 

 apples ; Hemichionaspis minor and Chrysoniphah(3 aonidum on green 

 coconuts ; Coccus langvlus on betel leaves ; Fiorinia jioriniae on 

 flowering plants ; Ceroplastes rubens on leis. From Idaho : Aulacaspis 

 pentagoTui on Pueraria thunbergiana ; Chionaspis citri on oranges ; 

 Cylas formicarius in sweet potatoes. From Japan : Chionaspis 

 wistariae and Mantid eggs on wistaria ; Hemichionaspis aspidistras 

 on ribbon grass ; Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis and Mantid eggs 

 on persimmons ; Parlatoria theae on maples ; Pseudaonidia jjaeoniae 

 on holly. From Kansas : Anlacaspis rosae on berry plants. From 

 Manila : Aspidiotus lataniae on palm trees. From Mexico : Lepido- 

 saphes gloveri and Lepidosaphes beckii on limes. From Missouri : 

 Aphis persicae niger on peach. From Nevada : Heterodera radicicola 

 in potatoes. From Ohio : Aspidiotus perniciosus on peach ; Lepido- 

 saphes beckii on Ponderosa lemon ; Lepidosaphes ulmi on horse 

 chestnut. From Pennsylvania : C hrysomphalus aurantii on-pa.nda.nus. 

 Cerataphis lataniae on palm ; Chryso7nphahis aonidum on Aralia and 

 Maranta ; Coccus hesperidum on Maranta ; Pseudococcus pseudonipae 

 on palms. Fiom Tahiti : Chrysomphalus aurantii var. citrinus on 

 oranges and Lepidosaphes beckii on limes. 



Surface (H. A.). June Bugs destroying Grapes. — Zool. Press. Bull, 

 Pennsylvania Dept. Agric, Harrisburg, no. 318, Slst May 1915. 



June bugs [Allorrhina nitida) attacking grapes can be controlled by 

 spraying with lead arsenate, at the rate of 1 oz. to 1 U.S. gal. water. 

 Application should be made just after the stamens of the flowers fall, 

 and should be repeated two weeks later. Hickory, oak, chestnut, etc., 

 growing in the vicinity should be sprayed with lead arsenate, 2 lb. in 

 50 U.S. gals, water. Young fruit may be protected by means of a 

 paper bag fastened round the cluster just after the flowering period is 

 ended. 



