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INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE , 
AND O.R. N A M E N T A L P L A N T, S ■ ' 
AN APHID ( Prociuhilns erigeronensis Thomas) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (September 27): The aster root a.phid has "been 
brought in from Detroit and is reported as injuring several kinds 
of garden plants. 
GARDEN ELEA' HOPPER ( Haiti cus citri Ashm. ) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (September 2 3 ): Fairly common at Haddonf ield. 
Leaves of agora turn considerably stippled with the feeding punctures 
on all the plants in a large ornamental border. The short - winged 
form greatly predominated. Damage is light. 
Virginia. C. R. Willey and F. R. Freund (September 22): Numerous in flower 
gardens in Richmond this season, especially on verbena. A large 
garden patch of pole but tor beans observed, to have been ruined by this 
, nest in Loudoun County, near Round Kill, on July 12. 
. COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( Icerya ourchasi Mask. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 3l) ; Reported on boxwood at Uriah, 
Monroe County, on August 10, and at Atmore on August 2^. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (.September 23): A fairly heavy infestation .found 
at Moss Point during the last month. 
UNITS PEACH SCALE ( Aulacaspis pentagons, Targ. ) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey and F. R. Freund (September 22): Apparently 
steadily increasing in Richmond. Calls for information and control 
received practically every day. 
GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westw. ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (September 1-0 : Gardeiiia near Griffin, Spalding ■ 
County, heavily infested with whitefly. Leaves have many eggs and 
a heavy covering of sooty mold. 
CITRUS MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus citri Risso) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 20 ) : Found attacking geraniums and 
foliage plants in Cuming County on August 22. 
ARBOR VITAE 
A MITE ( Parat et ranychus alpinus McG. ) 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (July 19 ): Common on Thu j a Occident al 1 s 
at Yakima and, according to McGregor, not previously reported from 
Washington. (Det. by E. A. McGregor.) 
