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CD LEUS 
GREENHOUSE CRTHEZIA (prthezia ins ignis Doug. ) 
C» R. Crosby and assistants (February 7): Badly infested 
plants were received from Rochester attacking col etas.' 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
TJisconsin 
North Carolina 
New York 
Indiana 
Indiana 
Indiana 
Indiana 
CHRYSANTHEMUM GALL MIDGE ( Diarthronomyia hypogaea F.Loew) 
E. L. Chambers (January 19): At Wauwatosa this insect was 
attacking chrysanthemums, in a greenhouse. 
CAPE JESSAMINS 
CITRUS WHITSFLY (Di aleurodes citri Ashm. ) 
F. Sherman (May 13): Several times complained of as a pest on 
foliage of Cape Jessamine plants. 
HOLLY 
HOLLY LEAF-MINER ( Phytomyza ilicis Curtis ) 
E. P. Felt (May 25): Has maintained itself for several years 
at least in the vicinity of Westbury, L. I., seriously infesting 
groups of holly on several estates. 
LILAC 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L. ) 
B. A. Porter (May 21): Two serious inf estatiois on lilac re- 
ported. Young scales first noted on May 6, but had been hatched 
for several days, probably since April 26, since the weather 
between these dates was unseasonably cold. 
IRIS 
IRIS ROOT BORER ( Macronoctua onusta Grote ) 
H. F. Dietz (May 19): The iris root borer is very well scattered 
over the State and is unusually abundant this year, doing great 
damage to ornamental plantings. 
ROSS 
GREEN FRUITWORMS (Xylina spp. ) 
H. F. Dietz (May 19): A number of larvae of the green fruit 
cutworms, Xylina spp., have been collected, feeding on rose 
buds in gardens around Indianapolis. 
FLO'VER THRIPS ( SPranlcliniella tritici Fitch) 
H. F. Dietz (May 19): Thrips very abundant on various flowers 
all over State. 
