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rose APHID ( Macros iphun rosae L. ) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (April l4) : Aphids, probably this species very 
abundant on rose hlossons at Blaclcville. Apparently responsible x or the 
hlossons failing to open, 
Mississippi. E. W. Dunnan (April 10): Green aphids very numerous on rose buds 
in Loland. 
ROSE MIDGE ( Dasyneura rhodophaya Coq. ) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (April 19 ) : Reported from a Lansing greenhouse, where, 
for the first tine in a number of years, it is causing considerable loss, 
STRAWBERRY LEAF-CHAFER ( Diplotaxis frondicola Say) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2l): Adults of this leaf feeder sent in early in 
April from Laurel and Lucedale, with information that they were feeding on 
rose and other plants, 
SNOWBALL 
SNOWBALL APHID ( Aphis viburnicola Gill.) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (April 9): Stem mothers just starting to hatch from 
overwintering eggs , which were fairly common on a large snowball bush at 
Knddcnf ield. 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
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MAN 
FLEAS ( S iphonapt era) 
General. E. C. Cushing (April 25): Fleas resuming activities? out of d^ors, 
according to reports from suburban District of Columbia and nearby Mary- 
land and Virginia. Increasing abundance first noted around April 1. Speci- 
mens determined as Ctenocephalides folis Bouche, C. can is Curt., and Pulex 
irritans L. (Det. by Helen L. Trombley.) 
BEDBUG (Cinex lectularius L.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20): Reported on Ma.rch 29 as infesting a house in 
Hall County. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (April 2l) : Reported from Oklahoma City. 
