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• • gladiolus - 
GLADIOLUS • TKRIPS,--.( Taeniothri'ps simplex Morison) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (’February-' 25 ) • Cor. 1 r. 10 n on gladiolus in the Fort Myers 
section the first of the year. 
' HAWTHORN 
SCURFY SCALE ( Chionaspis fur fur a Fitch) 
Maryland. F. B. Fischer (January 26 ); Hawthorn tree infested at Baltimore* 
(Let. by 2. IT. Cory.) 
■ . LAUREL 
LAUREL PSYLLID (T yioza alacris Flor) 
California. 2. 0. Sssig (January 20 ): Quite abundant on ornamental English 
laurel during the fall and early part of the winter in the San Francisco 
Bay district. Not noted outdoors for many years. - 
OLEANDER 
POLKA DOT WASP MOTH ( Synt oneida epila is jucundissina Dyar) 
Florida. H. T* -Fornald (February 16 ); Leaves on many oleander plants in 
Winter Park and surroundings were entirely stripped off during December 
and January. Adults, having been seen in November, are now everywhere. 
INSECTS ATTACKING- MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Maryland. H. H» Stage (February 25 ); Adults of the mosquitoes Culex pip ions 
L. and Anopheles punotiponnis Say were forwarded from a housing project 
at Odenton, where they were hibernating in considerable numbers. (Dct. 
by A. Stone. ) 
BODY LOUSE ( Pediculus hunanus corporis Deg. ) 
District of Columbia. W. E, Dove (February 24 ) : Among prisoners examined 
by penal authorities at the District Jail in Washington, 10 infestations 
were found between February 10 and 24* Hie winter incidence is compar- 
able to that of 1918-19, when 4l cases were found among 930 prisoners, 
or at the average rate of 44 per 1,000. At that tine the infestation rate 
was 35 per 1,000 among negroes and 57 per 1,000 in white prisoners. 
