ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci Lind.) 
Nevi York. F. S. Blanton (January l4) : Severe loss caused to- gerbera in green- 
houses at Babylon, Long Island. Flowers rained by feeding-. (Det. by F. 
Andre.) 
FLOWER THRIPS ( Frankl Intel la tritici Fitch) 
South Carolina. J. C. Watts (April): Attacking various wild and cultivatod 
flowers at Blackville. 
A PLANT BUG ( Eury opht halmus convivus Etal) 
California. C. K. Fisher (April 13): Bordered plant bugs have been observed on 
warn days all winter and are now very numerous in one section of the city 
of Fresno. They are attacking the now growth on' summer lilac ( Buddie ia ^sp, ) 
and loganberry vinos* 
GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY ( Trialeurodes vapornriorun Wntw. ) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (April 19): 'White flv reported in greenhouses where 
control measures not used. 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( icerya purchae i Mask.) 
South Carolina, J. G. Watts (March and April): An infestation of this scale 
has been causing considerable damage to garden shrubbery for the last 2 
years at Blackville. 
CYCLAMEN MITE ( Tars o menus pallidus Banks) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Felt (April 22) : Reported as quite injurious to Godetia sp. 
in a greenhouse in the Philadelphia area. 
AR30RVITAE 
AH30RVITAE LEAF MINER (A r, gyres thia thuiella Pack. ) 
New York. E. P. Felt (April 22); Reported as abundant near Watermill, Long 
Is land. 
AZALEA 
AZALEA SCALE ( Eriococcus azaleao Comst.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (April 22): Sent in from Alachua and other counties in 
northern Florida. 
BOXWOOD 
BOXWOOD LEAF MINER ( Monart hr opalpus buxi Laboulb.) 
Massachusetts. E. P. Felt (April 22): Moderately abundant in boxwood at Hatch- 
ville. The boxwood had been submerged by the storm tide of last September 
and the mined areas were suggestive of fungus infection. 
