SYCAMORE 
AH APHID ( Drop a nosiphun platanoides Sclar.) 
Texas. R. K. Pletcher (April 15); Present on sycamore in Kaufman County 
in the northwestern part of the State. 
SYCAMORE LA CEBU G ( Oorythucha ciliata Say) 
Hew York. E. P. Pelt (April 2 ]>) : Sycamore lac chugs were reported as 
abundant at Hew Rochelle. 
WILLOW 
SPOTTED WILLOW LEAF BEETLE ( Chrysomela lapponica L.) 
Kentucky, W. A. Price (April 25 ) ' Poplar and willow foliage damaged at 
Independence, in the northern part of the State. 
A MIDGE ( Rhabdophaga sp») 
Connecticut end Hew Jersey. E, P. Pelt (April 23)1 Willow branch nidge 
reported as abundant and injurious last year from Stanford, Conn., 
and Princeton, H.J. 
IHSECTS APPECTIHG GREEH HOUSE A H D 
ORUAMEHTAL P L A H I S 
HAIRY CHIITCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd. ) 
Connecticut. J. P. Johnson (April 2 l) : At Hew Haven, ' during' the week of 
April 13, hibernating adults became active in lawn grass, where they 
were observed traveling in and over the turf. 
AH APHID (Ma crosiphun taranaci Kalt.) 
Oregon. R. L. Post (April l): Reported severely damaging a 6 -acre 
planting of dandelions being grown for seed at Salem. (Dot. by 
A. H. Tissot.) 
C 0 TT 0 HY-CUSHI 0 H SCALE ( iccrya purchasi Mask.) 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (April 25 ) • Hew light infestations reported 
in southeastern part of the State. 
A COCCID ( Parlatoria theae Ckll.) 
Horth Carolina. J. 0 . Rowell (Pebruary 28 ): A specimen infesting shrub 
at Reidsville, Rockingham County. 
A MIDGE ( Sciara sp.) 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and C. E. Mickel (April l 6 ). Pound on sweet- 
clover in greenhouse at University Parm. 
