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TAXUS 
BLkCK VINE WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus sulcatu s Pab. ) 
Connecticut M. P. Zappe (August 10) : Larvae have caused considerable injury 
to roots of Taxus, and adults were emerging on the above date. 
Some feeding by adults on leaves of Taxus, but little real in- 
jury is caused by larvae. 
ROSE 
AN APHID ( hyzaphi .s ro scrum Kalt. ) 
Ohio E. W. i.e-denhall (August 22): C-he green rose aphid is Quite bad, 
as usual, on hybrid tea roses. They infest the new growth and 
destroy the buds. 
ROSE STEM SATCFLY ( Adirus trimaculatus Say) 
Ohio E. F. Ilendenhall (August IS) : The rose stem borer -/as found in 
Columbus this summer doing some damage to rose plants. 
POSE SCALE ( Aulacaspis r o sae Bouche) 
Ohio E. '.7. Hendenhall (^ugust 6): I find in private plantings luite 
often that the rose scale is c iuite bad. 
VERBENA 
IIARGUEPITE LEAP PI PER ( Phytomyza chrysanthemi Kowarz) 
Pississippi P. V7. Earned (i^igust 22): The margaerite fly, Fhytomyza chrysan -r 
themi , -.-as collected on verbena plants at Como July 23. 
-'GCD3IPE 
G3AFE Lsi Ax HOPPER ( Erythroiieura comes Say) 
Nebraska '.'.. H. Swenk (July 25-August 25): Injury by the grape leaf hopper 
to '.voodbine leaves continued to be reported during the period 
covered by this report. 
A CHRYSOMELID BEETLE ( Rhabdopterus picipes Oliv.) 
Pew York LI. E. Buckman (July 28): The evidence of the feeding of Rhab- 
dopterus picipes on Virginia creeper 
leaves is fairly common. 
