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insects affecting greenhouse 
A N.D ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
MOURNING-CLOAK BUTTERFLY ( Hamadryas antiopa L . ) 
Nebraska. D. B. Whelan (September l4) On September 7 larvae were 
eating the leaves of hundreds of pansy plants at Lincoln. . 
WHITE-LINED SPHINX ( Sphinx lineata F.) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 25): Fall migrations of larvae observed 
on September 18 on the desert areas around Phoenix. As many as 
28 larvae per square yard in heavily infested spots. Severe 
damage to ornamental plants and small garden plots reported from 
south of Phoenix. Annoying to many residents, as they crawl 
around over the yards and even ovor the houbos. 
SADDLEBACK CATERPILLAR ( Sibine stimulea Clem.) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 20): Packsaddle caterpillar moth 
unusually prevalent in the Stato this year. Never observed it before 
as injuring pyracantha and deutzia. Larger number than usual found 
upon corn leaves. 
FLOWER THRIPS ( Frankliniella spp.) 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugglos (August): F. tritici Fitch reported on 
chrysanthemum at Minneapolis. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (September 11); F. moultoni Hood extremely abun- 
dant in blossoms of rabbit brush ( Chrysothamnus nauseosus ) at Lynndyl 
and Leamington, Millard County. (De't . by S. ' Bailey.) 
WHITEFLIES ( Dial our odes spp.) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (Septembor l6) : Whiteflies are very abundant, as 
usual at this season of the year, and have caused considerable 
damage to privet and ornamental shrubbery in the yards of Fort 
Valley, central Georgia. • 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 25): The citru's whitefly (D. citri 
Ashm.) reported as abundant on ornamental plants in the southwestern 
and Meridian districts. 
A PLANT BUG ( Cori zus sidac F.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (September 6): Adults and large nymphs thick 
on cultivated mallow at Experiment, 
