I N S E C T S A T T A C K I IT G GREENHOUSE 
A N D ORE:. M V. N T A L PLANTS 
t^NNA 
A MEALYBUG CPseudococcus maritimus Ehrh« ) 
California E* C> Essig (July 27) j Seriously injuring plants 0:0 the 
roots of canna at San Diego, 
HH-Y^P THSMCM 
CHRYSANTHEMCJM G^LL MIDGE (P iarthrcnoryig. hypogaea Loev?) 
Mississippi ?..- Wo Earned (August 18): Specimens of the chrysanti smuns 
gall midge were collected on July 3^ on chrysanthemum plants 
at Tupelo. 
GLADIOLUS 
SALT-MARSH CATERPILLAR (Estigraene acraea Drury) 
Wisconsin So IL Fracker (August 15) 5 Feeding on the flower stalks at 
Burlington. 
YELLOW '.700LLY BEAR ( Diac risia virgin! ca FaK) 
Wisconsin S,- B, Fracker (August 15)^ Associated with Estl gmene a craea 
in severe damage to gladiolus "blossoms at Eurlington. 
. E ME5ALY FLATA (Crrr.cr.is prui nosa Say) 
Connecticut 3 a H„ Ealfc&en (August U)j Hedges around shout 700 houses 
owned "by the Bridgeport Housing County , (Bridgeport) "badly 
infested. I--:. ; " coated with white waxy secretion. Nymphs very 
abundant and adults beginning to appear. Practically no injury 
to the Ledges. More abundant as compared with an average 
year. 
. R3SES 
ROSE CILiFER (Maor^dacjt^ns r-i hgf'inosu s SSftO 
Wisconsin S e Bo Fracker (August 35'); Scattering in western part of 
State., espec: LI: injuries at Sparta (Monroe County) and 
Chippewa Falls ! ' " Oou ',;U 
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