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INSECTS AEEECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
Elorida. E. W. Berger and G. B. Merrill (May 25): Cuban laurel thrips 
( Gynai ko thr i p s uzeli Zinin.) on a species of Eicus were sent in 
from Daytona Beach on April 7 and from Englewood on March 31* l 0 *' 
calities on opposite sides of the State. 
C. B. Wisecup (March 9)** Adults, Erankliniella cephalica 
Crawf., collected on flowers of citrus at Sanford. Also collected 
on statice and snapdragon flowers. (Det. hy E. Andre.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 24): Taeniothrips simplex Morison reported 
on gladiolus corns from many sections of the State. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 24): Nymphs and adults observed causing 
leaf injury to Virginia creeper at Manhattan. 
OYSTERSHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulini L.) 
District of Columbia. C. A. Weigol (May 4): Specimens collected on 
poon.y in Washington on April 19. (Det. by H. Morrison.) 
Idaho. W. E. Shull (May 5): Infestat ion on all fruits and ornamentals 
rapidly increasing in northern Idaho. Damage severe. 
South Dakota. E. C. Severin (May 12): Reported as injurious in many 
areas in eastern South Dakota. 
EUONYMUS SCALE ( Chionaspis euonyni Comst.) 
New York. E. P. Eelt (May 23): Reported as abundant at Earmingdale, 
Long Island, on Pachistima . 
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE ( Pulvinaria vitis L.) 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (May 9) • Reported as damaging Virginia creeper 
vines at Antimony. 
SOET SCALE ( Coccus hesperidun L.) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (May 10): Collected on English holly at Norfolk. 
(Det. by H. Morrison.) 
AN APHID ( Myzus sp.) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (Correction): The aphids reported on nine- 
bark in the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, May 1, 1939* page 95 , 
were collected on May 12, 1938. 
