SO S3 
HOSE STEM GIRDL^E (A~rilus viridi s L. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Dourne (Aurust 2?): The presence of the ror,c si irdler 
." s noted in Ler.o- in Berkshire County. 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (August 29): The rose step, girdler is reported as very 
destructive to p L o sa ru go sa in a nursery at Northbrook. The insect at this date 
is in the larval sta^e and about one-half inch long. The infested c^-cs show 
moderate swellings beneath which the stem is completely girdled causing the 
bark to die. 
T .7ATERLILY 
WATEBLILY APHID (a hopalosipkur. nynphaeac I. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 21): Plant lice were reported attackii ter- 
lilies in a pool in Saline County. 
A MOTE ( Hydro canpa nyrphaecata L. ) 
Maryland. P. P. Sanders (August 17): Larvae of the brown china narks moth were 
feeding on the leaves of both cultivated and vild waterlilies in in,Jurious 
nuubers in lily pools at Hebron. 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (August 19): Several complaints concerning Cul ex pi pi ens 
L. have been received. The breeding is largely due to abundant rainfall. 
Maryland. P. D. Sanders (August 19)* The salt-marsh p.osquito, Acdes sollicitans 
Walk., has been unusually prevalent on Deals Island tl^-is week. An occasional 
A. cantator Coq. was observed. 
Ohio. E. : . Mendenhall (August 25): Anopheles , the malaria-carrying mosquito, is 
increasing in Ohio. At least 13 cases of malaria are reported in the State 
and 4 cases in Coluribus, v/hich is an increase over last year. 
Tennessee. G-. M. .Hentley (August): Mosquitoes are r.ore numerous than usual 
throughout eastern and western Tennessee, and several cases of malaria have 
been reported. 
Ore-;on. II. H. Stage (August 21): A rather sudden drop in temperature to co^ p. 
on August 4, accompanied by sone rind and rain, is probably responsible for a 
sudden decrease in the nvnbcrs of Aedes mosouitoes in the lower Columbia 
Valley. They have not been a serious pest to roac 1 *an js and logging operations 
in the vicinity of Clatskanie since that tine. 
