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NASTURTIUM 
APH IDS ( Aph i i dae ) 
Delaware. M. D. Leonard (March): A light infestation of Aphis rumpc js L. on 
sone greenhouse nasturtium plants at Wilmington. Damage negligible. Only 
a few left of a somewhat greater infestation of Myzus persicae Sulz., which 
recently increased to considerable numbers, causing appreciable wilting of 
the leaves. ' 
PANSY 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (March 27): Very numerous on pansy plants at 
■Baton Rouge on January 26. 
PRIVET 
OLIVE SCALE ( Parlatoria oleae Colv. ) 
Maryland. E. IT. Cory (March ll) : Infestation on privet at Baltimore. 
PUSSY WILLOT 
BEAKED WILLOW GALL ( Phytophaga rigidae 0. S.) 
Maryland. E. IT. Cor/ (March 13) i Pussy willow infested at Arnold. 
ROSE 
ROSE APHID ( Macros iphum rosae L. ) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (March 25) 5 Rose bushes at Haddonfield which were 
well infested throughout last season have no newly hatched aphids as yet. 
Delaware. M. D. Leonard (March 19): The light infestation on rose in a green- 
house at Wilmington, reported on March 2 , built up considerably but by now 
parasites have left relatively few live aphids. 
Louisiana. B. A, Osterberger (March 27): Green aphids very numerous on rose 
bushes in the southern part of Louisiana. 
TULIP 
CHRYSANTHEMUM APHID ( Mac ro s iphon i el la snnborni Gill. ) 
New York. F. S. Blanton (February 15 ): Fifteen adults and nymphs found on 
foliage of tulips at Babylon* Long Island. Very abundant on tulips in 
some places in Babylon. (Det. by F. W. Mason.) 
