INSECTS A f . T T A C K I N G GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
COLUMBINE 
COLUMBINE 3CRER 'Papavoema pnrpurifascia G-. & R. ) 
New Hampshire P. E. Lowry (July 10); Killed practically all col"umb'ines in a 
garden at Walpole. 
DAHLIA 
TWELVE- SPOT TED CUCUMBER. BEETLE (Diabetica 12-pimctata Fab.) 
Georgia J. D. More (June 16): Reported from Concord as attacking dahlias 
etc. on this date. 
SUNFLOWER WEEVIL (Rhodobaenus t red ec i nrounc t atus 111. ) 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (August 20): Grubs thought to be this species 
are abundant in the stems of dahlias in a nursery at Holton. 
STALK BORER (P apaipe ma nebris ni tela Guen.) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (August 18): Sweet corn, peonies, and golden 
glow infested quite extensively about Columbus. I find the 
stalk-borer quite prevalent in many sections of the State this 
year. 
DELPHINIUMS 
ASH-GRAY BLISTER BEETLE (M acrobas is unicolor Kby. ) 
New Hampshire P. R. Lowry (July 10): Reported attacking potatoes and delphin- 
rums at West Alton and Whitefield. 
EUDZU VINE 
GREEDY SCALE ( Aspiaiotus camelliae Sign. ) 
Georgia John D. More (July 17): Reported by V. C. Durham on this date 
attacking kudzu vine. 
Lt.IAZ 
A BLISTER-BEETLE ( Pomphopoea sp. ) 
North Dakota C. N. Ainslie (Augast 20): This species appeared numerous and 
destructive to lilac bushes, feeding on the leaves stripping the 
bushes at Dickinson. 
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