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Mississippi R. B. Deen (September 5): The euonynus scale has practically 
killed several Euonvmus japonic a shrubs at Tupelo, Lee County. 
Connecticut 
Ohio 
New York 
"GLADIOLI : 
A THRIPS • ('Thy sanop t era) 
11. Turner (September 23): One grower with about 20,000 bulbs 
lost most of his blooms; another lost about 10 per cent. Other- 
vase the thrips, although universally present, are not serious. 
Four species have been found; apparently none of them are 
Taenio thrips gladioli M. & S. 
GLADIOLUS THRIFS ( Taenio thrips gladioli M. & S.) 
E. W. Mendenhall (September 14): This insect was destructively 
abundant in Ohio for the first time in 1930, when it lid con- 
siderable damage' in the Cleveland area. This year the damage 
has extended farther south and is abundant at Ravenna and other J* 
points. 
C. R. Crosby (September): Specimens of this thrips wero 
received from New Eartford August 25; Morton September 3, and 
Cherry Creek September 8. 
u". 2. Blauvelt (September): Specimens of gladiolus thrips 
were received from Victor August 16, Rochester August 28, and 
Syracuse September 5. 
HEjJ JERSEY TLA 
A SCALE IL'SECT ( Targionia h eliar.thi Parrott) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (September 20): A scale .(R. helianthi , det. 
L. E. Myers) was so abundant on New Jersey Tea ( Cc-anothus 
americana) in the woods near Leake sville on August 24 that 
many of the plants had been killed, ' . 
Ohio 
Indiana 
GREENHOUSE CENTIPEDE ( Scutigorella immaculrta Hewp.) 
E. T7. Mendenhall (September 9): Sweet pea vines in one of 
the greenhouses in Xenia are suffering greatly on accotmt of 
garden centipedes, 
J. J. Davis (September 25): What was probably the greenhouse 
centipede was reported damaging sweet pea at Kokomo August 24, 
