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cultivated Iris is somewhat rare. It was reported in 1921 from 

 Connecticut 7 as eating the petals and breeding in the seed pods of 

 Japanese Iris, and in 1926 in Iris pods on Staten Island." Its 

 presence in Bronx Park, though not in connection with Iris, has 

 also been reported.* The limited extent of its injury to cultivated 

 plants has not warranted a study of control methods, but, as the 

 adult weevils are flying as early as May, applications of an 

 arsenate of lead spray early in the season should kill the insect 

 before its eggs are laid and the larvae bore into the pod. 



Citrus Scale on Iris Plants 



An interesting infestation — the Florida red-scale (Chrysom- 

 phalus aonidum L.) on Iris leaves — is illustrated in FIGURE 2, C. 

 It occurred in the propagating greenhouse, where an infested 

 citrus seedling and some Iris plants potted for experimental pur- 

 poses were in proximity. This small circular red scale is usually 

 confined to citrus plants in greenhouses, but may live on a variety 

 of hosts. The injury was not considered serious and the insect 

 was allowed to develop to determine to what extent Iris plants 

 would serve as hosts. The plants affected present a very dis- 

 figured appearance with conspicuous chlorotic spots about the 

 insects, converging into large yellow areas. So far, several 

 varieties are infested, but, as the pest appears to be spreading, it 

 will be necessary to treat infested plants in order to save them. 



R. O. Dodge and Marjorie E. Swift 



THE NEW SPECIES HEMEROCALLIS Ml'LTIFLORA 



The latest member of the wild daylilies to be discovered and 

 named is the species Hemerocallis multi flora, a description and a 

 colored plate of which were first published in a recent number of 

 Addisonia (14: pi. 464. Je 192*) ). Since the genus Hemerocallis 

 is a small one, comprising at present about twelve valid species, 

 the addition of a new species is of some botanical interest. Also 

 the members of this genus are of value as garden plants, and the 



7 Britton, W. E. Twenty-first report of tin- State Entomologist for 

 1921. Conn. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 234: 194. 



" \ li-t of !ln inserts of New York. Cornell I'niv. Agr. K\i>. Sta. 

 Mem. 101 : 506. Aug. [926. 



