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SCOTCH PINE LECANIUM ( Toumeyella numismaticu m Pettit & McDaniel) 
Michigan. E« I, McDaniel (April JO ) : Today we received a specimen from 
Marion, where it was infesting jack pine. This is one of the first 
records that we have had of this species on wild trees, 
PINE NEEDLE SCALE ( Chionaspis pinifoliae Fitch) 
Pennsylvania, E. P. Felt (April 23): The pine needle scale was found in 
small numbers on hemlock from the Philadelphia area. This insect is 
rather common, and occasionally occurs in great abundance on various 
pines, especially the Austrian pine. The scale was abundant on a small 
Colorado blue spruce from Denver, Colo, 
TULIP TREE 
TULIP TREE SCALE ( Toumeyella liriodendri Gmel.) 
North Carolina, R. W, Leiby (March 13); A few complaints concerning this 
insect indicate severe injury in places near Scotland Neck. 
INSECTS AFFECTING- GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
A CHIRONOMID ( Spaniotoma sp.) 
Michigan, E, I, McDaniel (April 11); On March 21 a greenhouse man in the 
vicinity of Detroit brought a quantity of radishes grown under glass 
into the laboratory for examination. They were badly scarred by the 
work of a maggot, belonging to the genus Spaniotoma , probably ster- 
coraria DeG, This is the first tune this species has been reported 
doing damage to crops grown under glass in Michigan, (Det, A. Stone.) 
CUBAN-LAUREL THE IPS ( Gynaikothrips uzeli Zimm. ) 
Florida, J. R, Watson (April 23): The Cuban-laurel thrips has been 
very destructive on one estate at Bocagrande. 
TWO-MARKED TREE HOPPER ( Enchenopa bi no tat a Say) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (April 23): The two-spotted tree hopper attract- 
ed notice in Redding, through the numerous waxy coverings over areas 
where eggs had been deposited on ornamentals, 
WHITEFLIES (Aleurodidae) 
Mississippi, C. Lyle and assistants (April 23): Very heavy infestations 
of whiteflies on ornamental plants were observed recently at Jackson, 
Morton, Magee, and Piney Woods, 
