Mississippi 
Minneso ta 
New York 
Indiana 
L MEALYBUGS ( Ps erode- coccus sp.) 
Eo I* Harnad (June 22): Mealybugs have teen received from a 
number of correspondents,, They apparently cause more damage 
in places infested with the Argentine ant than in other places. 
Figs and ornamental plants are most frequently infested. 
GARDEN FLEA30PPER ( Halticus citri Ashm. ) 
R. E» Wall (June 13): The plant leafhopper, Halticus citri, 
is common in the greenhouses- in the Twin Cities where mosaic 
trouble of cucumbers is prevalent. 
GREENHOUSE LEAF TYEE ( Fhl'yctaenia rubigalis Guen. ) 
P. J* Chapman: (A^his is causing a great deal of trouble in green- 
houses at Buffalo,- It lays eggs in most of the stock, but 
particularly snapdragon. 
ASTE RS 
CORN SOOT APHID ( Anuraphis maidi-radicis Forbest ) 
J» J„ Davis (June 24): First report was received June 17 from 
Shelbyville. In this case the species was evidently Aphis 
maidi-radiciSo 
CANNA 
Mississippi 
Nebraska 
Michigan 
Indiana 
CANNA LEAE-ROLEER ( Calpodes ethlius ' Cram. ) 
E, ¥. Earned (June 22): The large canna leaf- roller has ^een 
received from several correspondents with reports of serious 
injury to canna plants. 
COLUMBINE 
COLUMBINE LEAF MINEE ( Phytomyza aquilegiae Hardy) 
M. E, Swenk (May 1-25): From Boone County on the first of Lfey 
came information of the practical destruction of the leaves 
of cultivated columbine plants by the leaf miner Phytomyza 
aquilegiae . 
GLADIOLI 
ZEBEA CATERPILLAR ( Mamestra pi eta Harr c ) 
B. H« Pettit (June 11): I received today a complaint from 
Dowag&ai.e, where many thousands of zebra caterpillars are eating 
gladioli in the plantation of a gladiolus grower. This is rather 
an unusual complaint. 
THEIPS SP. 
J# Jo Davis (June 24); Injuring an extensive planting of 
gladiolus at Loogootee June 18. 
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