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known infestation being Rutland, 70 miles south. Attacks by 
"beetles on vines and plants reported in August from White River 
Junction, Windsor County, east-central Vermont, and Brattlehoro , 
Windham County, southeastern Vermont. 
Connecticut. J. P. Johnson (October 23): Injury to turf much greater 
than in 1938. In Hartford over 100 acres of turf in the parks 
has "been seriously injured and more than 100 acres more are 
infested. Turf also badly infested in New Haven and in certain 
of the Bridgeport parks. 
Rhode Island. M. D. Leonard (October 12): A few beetles were still 
feeding on marigolds at Providence. 
A SCARABAEIL ( Ochrosidia borealis Arrow) 
Maryland. F. F. Smith (September 18): Numerous larvae destroying 
roots of grass in Silver Spring. Abundant in localized areas 
in 1 lawn, over 200 being taken from beneath sod in a 2-square- 
yard area. Grass killed in such areas. Similar spotting noted 
in several lawns. (Let. tentatively as the above by W. H. 
Anderson.) 
FULLER'S ROSE BEETLE ( Pantomorus godmani Crotch) 
Virginia. K. G. Walker and L. L, Anderson (October 24): Observed 
rather seriously infesting a sma.ll area of a kale field at 
Norfolk. Several requests received for information on control 
on gardenias in Norfolk. 
C. R. Willey and F. R. Freund (October): Increasing in 
Virginia. Found attacking azalea, rhododendron, and gardenia, 
and specimens, which had been feeding on hydrangea and ivy, 
were brought in on September 29. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga ' spp. ) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (October .23) : Two reports of heavy soil 
infestations, one from Chattanooga, Hamilton County, on October 7 
and the other from Nashville, Lavidson County, on October 12. 
GREEN JUNE BEETLE ( Cot inis nitida L. ) 
New Jersey. C. H. Hadley (October 24): Outbreak observed at Haddon- 
field early in September. Many thousands of exit holes and 
larvae covering a large area of turf. 
BUMBLE FLOWER : BEETLES ( Euphoria spp.) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (September 28); Report received of unusual 
abundance of E. inda L. in Benzie and Osceola Counties. 
