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New ARBORVITAE 
ARBORVITAE LEAP MINER' ( Argyresthia thuiella Pack.) 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (June 17): The arborvitae leaf miner, which appears 
to he generally distributed, even in deep forests, is a major pest of 
arborvitae in some nurseries and ornamental plantings in the Hudson "Valley. 
EUONYMUS 
EUONYMUS SCALE ( Chionaspis euonymi Comst.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (Juno 10): The euonymus scale is found infesting 
mountain ash in a nursery in Chillicothe. 
Mississippi. Jack Milton (June 25): Very abundant in Jackson. Some plants 
wore almost dead because of a heavy infestation. Reported from Leland 
on June 12 ♦ 
HONEYSUCKLE 
AN APHID ( Rhopalosiphum melliferum Hottes) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June): Aphids ( Hyadaphi s xylosteri Schr. ) were very- 
numerous on young shoots and flower buds of Lonicera spp. Plower buds 
were stunted and only a few flowers opened on June 9* 
JUNIPER AND CEDAR 
A SCALE INSECT ( Aspidiotus coniferarum Ckll. ) 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (Peb. 2k): Specimens of this scale on cedar were 
collected at Moss Point in February. (Det. by H. Morrison.) 
OLEANDER 
OLEANDER CATERPILLAR ( Syntomeida epialis Walk.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (June 22): The oleander caterpillar is extremely 
abundant and destructive from St. Petersburg south. It has not reappeared 
in the Gainesville section since its extermination by the cold winter 
of I93I*. 
PRIVET 
A MITE ( Eriophyes sp.) 
New Jersey. H. W. Allen (May 2k): There is at present a heavy infestation 
of a mite on privet in Moorostown, resulting in a noticeable stunting of 
the young terminals and uneven growth of hedges. 
