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cpefe :." r ;i," 
STRAWBERRY FLEA BEETLE ( Hal. tic:-, lioi--: tt a Fs 11) 
Mississippi R. w. Earned (August 22): Specimens identified as Haltica litiaata 
•"ere found injuring crepe myrtle at Pascagoula August 1. 
A¥ APHID ( Myzocallis sp. ) 
Mississippi R. V7. Earned (August 22): ^ir.ong the aphid s tl t have "been received 
and indent if ied "by A. L. Eamher is I.iyxocallis sp. , collected on 
crepe myrtle at Ridgeland and Gulf port on August S. 
DaMLIA 
SPOTTED CUCIBIBER BEETLE ( Dir.br otic a auodec inrpunctata Pab.) 
Ohio E. " T . Mendeiihall (august 19) : The 12-spotted cucumber beetle has 
done some damage to dahlias this year in Miami County. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM LACS BUG- ( Corythuca marmorata Uhl.) 
Mississippi R. w. Earned (August 22): Specimens of lace bugs that have been 
tentatively identified by J. 2.1. Lang st on as Corythuca marmorr t< 
'jere taken on goldenglov; from Pascagoula on August h. 
IRIS 
IRIS BORER QMcronoctua onusta Grote) 
Michigan . I. McDaniel (August 16): Last -.-eel- -e obtained some iris roots 
containing the iris borer. This is, I believe, the first record 
for Michigan. 1 - ced these in cages in order to breed out 
the iris borer and today fifty or so adults of the lesser bulb fly, 
Eurneri s strigatus .are in the cages. V/e were, cf course, prepared 
for the later event', on findin vae of this pest in the dirt 
and in the decaying bulbs. This makes the first record for the 
lesser bulb fly also. 
PASSION PLC" 
GULP COAS PILLARY ( Pi on e vanillae L. ) 
Mississippi R. Smith (August 23): . ssion flo-er vine- in the neighborhood 
of the Biology Building at the a.. & u. College have been consider- 
ably defoliated by c ! Lllars of the Gulf 'Coast fritillary. 
..y of the chrysalids arc coping on the building 
30 feet from the ground. 
