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INSECTS AFFECTING GHEE N"H 0 U SB 
AND OENA MENTAL PLANTS 
THEEE-LINED POTATO BEETLE (Lema trilineata Oliv, ) 
Minnesota. M.. W. Wing (July 1^ ) - Koder.'aveiy abundant on Japanese lantern 
at Saint Anthony Park and Pelican EapudsV 
A GEOMETEID' (G^rytads'ta me add i Pack.) 
Ohio, C. E. Neiswander (July 24} Ounsir.g ei?pree-3.able injury to barberry 
at Wooster and in certain other localities in Ohio, (Net. by H. W. Capps. 
A MIEID ( S ixecnotus ar eolatus Knight) 
Texas. E. K. Fletcher (July 22): Caiising very severe injury to gaillardia 
on June 22. . . ...... 
EAIEY CHINCH BUG (Blissus hirtus Montd. ) 
Connecticut. J. P. Johnson (July 2?)' Two to three weeks later than last 
year, infestation's in lavas ’in New Haven and Westprrt being considerably 
below those of 1939-> owing to weather condi tionsr Appeared in great 
numbers in several parts of- Hartford* causing severe damage. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. Newsletter (July 8): Considerable damage 
is being done to lawns and golf courses in Westchester County. 
A LACEBUG y Plasm a c.jnerea Say) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (Joly 2o}: Doing considerable damage to garden 
plants in many areas of the State. 
MEALY FLATA (Ormenis prulno sa Say) 
New Jersey. M. D. Leonard (July 25.'" Nymphs infesting a number of new shoots 
on a good-sized baroerry hedge at Eidgevood. 
AN APHID ^C^apijtoph'cras gillettei Theob. ) 
New York. M. D. Leonard (July 27; ■ E~ery leaf on two dozen large smartweed 
plants grown in pots at Flushing infested., Considerable honeydew on 
leaves. Plants infested last year but not nearly so heavily, 
OYSTEREHELL SCALE (Lepl dosaphes ulmi L 0 ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt f July 2*0$ Fou&d abundant on boxwood at Stamford* 
also on yellowwood. 
Minnesota. M, W. Wing (July 15): Scarce on apple at Farmington 
