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insects affecting greenhouse 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
A TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemerocampa def inita Pack.) 
Massachusetts. E. P. Felt (August 21): The yellow-headed tussock 
caterpillar was reported as injuring hydrangeas, vines, and other 
leaves at Lenox. 
EIGHT-SPOTTED FORESTER ( Alypia octomaculata F.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 15) : Larvae were found on July 17 to be 
feeding on the leaves of woodbine in Webster County. 
A BILLBUG ( Calendra tarda Fall) 
California. R. Cecil (August 17) : Larvae feeding on grass roots 'kill- 
ing the Kentucky bluegrass at Ventura. In lawns of mixed grass 
only the Kentucky bluegrass is killed. This is the first year we 
have noticed this insect in this vicinity. (Dot. by L. L. Buchanan.) 
HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 7 ) • Many of the 
lawns in Suffolk County, eastern New York, are infested. (August 21): 
An average of 5 to 10 calls a day in Westchester County on those bugs, 
which are causing considerable damage, especially during the dry period. 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 24): The chinch bug (B. insular is Barber) 
was damaging a lawn in Saint Petersburg on August 12. 
CITRUS WHITEFLY ( Dialeurodes citri Ashm.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 24): Reported as rather numerous in the 
southern part of the State. In at least one place the adults were 
causing trouble in restaurants. Specimens received from Madison 
and Pike Counties on crapemyrtle, gardenia, and privet. 
MEALY FLATA ( Ormonis pruino sa Say) 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (August 19): J’ound on plants at Oklahoma City 
in the central part of the State.. 
GOLDENGLOW APHID ( Macro siphum r udbeckiae Fitch) 
Utah. G. F, Knowlton (August IS): The cone flower aphid is injuring 
goldenrod and chrysanthemums at Kaysville and hollyhock and asters 
at Logan. 
