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INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
CITRUS AH I TEFL Y (Di aleurodes citri Ashm. ) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (May 17): A nursery at Pittsville infested through a 
shipment from South Carolina. Nurserymen are now working to clean up 
the infestation. 
A SCARABAEID ( Plectris aliena Chapin) 
South Carolina. Charleston News and Courier (May 22): The Charleston beetle 
(P. alien a) put in its appearance on several lawns in Charleston this 
week after an absence of a year or two. 
AR30RVITAE 
AR30RVITAE LEAF MINER ( Argyresthia thuiell a Pack. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (May 22): Arborvitae leaf miner is locally abundant 
here and there, considerable amount of injury being found at Westport. 
AZALEA 
AZALEA SCALE ( Eriococcus azaleae Corns t.) 
Louisiana. H. L. Dozier (May 12): Heavy infestation located on azaleas in 
commercial nursexyat Lafayette. On this date newly hatched crawlers 
were very abundant and bushes were blackened from sooty mold. 
A SCALE ( Pseudaonidia paeon ia e Ckll.) 
Louisiana. H. L. Dozier (May 17): Generally distributed over southwestern 
Louisiana on azalea and camellia, often causing seriovis damage. 
30XTO0D 
S0XW00D LEAP MINER ( Monar thro-nalpus buxi Laboulb. ) 
New York. W. E. Blauvelt (May 2 1 !): Light-tc-vory-heavy infestations in box- 
wood were observed in various localities in Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, 
and Rockland Counties from May 10 to 1^. All miners v?ere in pupal stage, 
Apparently no adults had emerged 'oy May 15 and only a small percentage of 
the pupae showed any darkening of the appendages preparatory to emergence, 
CAMELLIA 
CAMELLIA SCALE ( Lepidosaphes camel 1 iae Hoke) 
South Carolina. T7. C. Nettles (May 2l): Present on practically every camellia 
in South Carolina. 
