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A LEAF ROLLER OF ROSES 1 
Severe infestation of foliage-eating lepidopterous larva on roses 
at Blue Point, Long Island, N. Y., was reported during August. Larvae 
were collected and adults reared, which were deterrrined by Mr. A. Busck 
as Tortrix ivana Fern. This insect had previously, been reported only 
from Florida, where it was reared from Iva imbricata (Fernald, C. H. ,Jour. 
New York Ent. Soc. 9 (2): 49-52', 1901). It is undoubtedly a true southern 
species. The larvae usually eat the young tender foliage around and on 
the developing buds and in this way quite often ruin the flowers. They - 
also curl and roll the leaves, especially when ready to pupate. The 
Supreme, Killarney, and Briarcliff varieties of rose were being grown 
he're but no one particular variety appeared to offer any preferential 
attraction to the insect. . 
PAINTED' LADY 
During late June and July the larvae of the painted lady ( Vanessa 
cardui L. ) became very numerous in the Ne^ England Stages and in the 
entire upper Mississippi and Ohio Hive r Valleys, covering the East 
Central, North Central, and Wes.t Central States. The larvae of the 
butterfly did no considerable damage, although they fed to some extent 
on hollyhocks in New England. In New England this species had not been 
•reported in numbers since 1926. This insect is normally a thistle feeder 
and occasions much more alarm- than, damage when it aopears in numbers. 
EYE' GNATS; '., . ,'' " .'"■"-. '[..'". 
. During the month of July eye gnats .( Hip-Delates flavip.es Loew and 
H. pusio Mall. ') became quite troublesome along the Atlantic seaboard- from 
Maryland' southward to the Gulf region. In Georgia i'^ appeared that human- 
conjunctivitis cases were closely associated with the -abundance of these 
insects, and In South Carolina cases of conjunctivitis of man and horses 
■^ere said to be associated with the presence of these flies.' As the •; . ,,. 
season advanced these insects m ere found to be much more prevalent than 
they had been for many years in the South Atlantic States, and conjunctivitis 
was almost epidemic in southwestern South Carolina. ' . .' 
STABLE FLY 
During mid-September an unprecedented outbreak of the stable fly 
( Stomxys calci trans 'L. ) occurred along the Atlantic Seaboard from 
Maryland to Florida. On the Eastern Shore of Maryland horses and cattle 
were so annoyed that many rushed into the surf to avoid the flies and 
were drowned, while 'others that r-ere unable to reach the surf died on 
the beach. Dairies in the Carolinas. reported. considerable reduction in 
milk production. Reports were received from Missouri and the Gulf States 
1 Henry H. Richardson, Bureau- of- Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
