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SO'TBUGS 
Louisiana T. S. Holloway (April 23): So*vbugs were found abundant at New 
Orleans in a flower garden. They vere said to "be injuring various 
ornamental plants. 
IRIS 
IRIS R00T-B0R3R ( 1 "cronoctua. onusta Grote) 
Indiana H. F. Dietz (April 15): Eggs of the iris root-borer began hatch- 
ing at Indianapolis April 14. This is fully a month ahead of the 
first hatching of eggs in 1924. 
LILAC 
ASH BQRBR ( Podosesia fraxini Lugger) 
ITorth Carolina F. Sherman (Larch 31): One complaint, the correspondent report- 
ing the loss of about a dozen fine lilac bushes in recent years 
from this cause. 
NARCISSUS 
CYCLASE! 1 MITE ( Tar son emus pallidus Banks) 
Pennsylvania C. A. 77eigel (April 15): Under date of April 13, Mr. Doucette, 
in charge of our field station at Willow Grove, Fa., reports that 
a florist in the vicinity of Philadelphia has lost about 30,000 
out of a total of 40,000 bulbs. It appears as if the organism 
responsible for the injury is the cyclamen mite, Ta.rsonemus pallidi 
Banks, or a closely related form. According to Mr. Doucette' s 
statement these bulbs produce only one- third as many flowers as 
normal bulbs. Flowers produced ^ere one-half to 1 inch less in 
diameter than normal flowers and the stems ^ere 2 inches shorter 
than normal flowers. The bulbs r-ere tulip and Narcissus bicolor . 
APHID IDAS 
Arizona Arizona News Letter, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Larch 31): Aphids or plant- 
lice were reported, in a telephone message from a grower near 
Phoenix, as abundant on roses. 
ROSS APHID ( I.a c rosi-ohum rosae L. ) 
Texas 0. G. Babcock (April 14): At Sonora this insect is attacking 
roses; not numerous except on a very fe- 7 roses, -pinged forms just 
be ginn in g to apnea r . 
