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fields, particularly during '"the month of June. 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Tacniothr ips gladioli M. & S. ) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 23): Doing considerable injury wherever gladioli 
are grown. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July. -30) : The gladiolus thripsis not so abundant 
this year as last, probably owing to the fact that most of the growers 
are now treating their bulbs during winter storage and are following satis- 
factory control programs during the growing season. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (July IS): Gladiolus thrips are moderately abundant 
at Fargo and Grand Forks. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (June 27): Thrips are seriously damaging gladioli at 
Logan and Provo. 
California. E. 0. Essig (July 19): Gladiolus thrips are widely distributed 
in San Francisco Bay district, but are only nominally destructive so far. 
H. H. Keifer (July 21): This is the first year that the gladiolus 
thrips has appeared in Sacramento. 
HYDRANGEA 
FOUR-LINED PLANT BUG ( Poecilocapsus lineatus Fab . ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (July 23): The four-lined plant bug is abundant in 
Augusta. 
IRIS 
IRIS BORER ( Kacronoctua onus t a Grote) 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (July 24): This borer is reported as causing 
injury to cultivated iris in the University gardens at Durham. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 23): More numerous in College Parle than for 
several years. 
LILAC 
LILAC LEAF MINER ( Gracilaria syrir.gella Fab.) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (July 17): Today I received specimens of the lilac 
leaf miner from Petoskey, where it is said to be doing considerable damage 
to a lilac plantation. This insect has not been troublesome in Michigan 
in the past. 
