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and Norfolk Counties. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (June 26): Found in iris at East Lansing. It is 
abundant in wild iris growing along the swamps and in some places does con- 
siderable damage to the "buds "before they open. 
LILAC 
LILAC 30RER ( Podosesia syringae Harr. ) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (June lk) : The lilac "borer has destroyed a number of 
lilacs in Lansing and Grand Rapids.. It has also "been reported from Monroe 
and Ann Arbor. It seems particularly destructive on French lilacs. 
MATRIMOHY VI HE 
A GALL MITE ( Eriophyes eucricotes Hal . ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (June 22): The matrimony vine gall (S. eucricotes ) 
is quite numerous in some localities in the Stanford area. 
■ -RED3UD 
A LEAF ROLLER ( Selechia cercerisella Cham-) 
Kansas. II. R. Dryson (June 26): This leaf roller has caused considerable injur? 
to redbuds at Manhattan. The leaves are folded and skeletonized by the larva 
giving the tree an unsightly appearance. 
ROSE 
ROSE CURCULIO ( Rhynchites bicolor Fab . ) 
Ho rth Dakota. J. A. Munro (June lk) : The rose curculio is moderately abundant, 
Reports indicate its general prevalence and injury to roses. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (May 25): Injury to roses has been reported from several 
parts of the State. 
3RISTLY ROSE SLUG (Cladius i somerus Hort. ) 
Hew York. R. E. Horsey (June 25): The bristly rose slug is common and is doinc 
serious damage on climbing and other roses at Rochester. Larvae were l/8 
inch long on June 9« 
SHOTOERRY 
A SAWFLY (Abia inflata Hort.) 
Massachusetts. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 20): On June 13 this species was re- 
ported as having stripped the foliage from ornamental snowberry shrubs in 
Quincy. 
