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BEETLES (Coleoptera) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23): Willows continue to show the effects of 
the willow flea weevil ( Orchestes rufipes Lee.) and the willow leaf 
beetle. Wet weather has done much to keep the trees in good condition 
so that they do not show quite the anount of damage they otherwise night. 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
K333L3ANDED LEAF ROLLER ( Ar^yro taenia velutinana Walk. ) 
Ohio. E, W, Mendenhall (July 19): Pound in abundance on spirea stock in a nursery 
at Columbus. 
A SPHINX MOTH ( Sphecodina aobottii Swains.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (July 27): More plentiful than usual in Washington Coxinty, 
central Vermont, though not in outbreak numbers. Specimens cf nearljr full- 
grown larvae received from various points, largely on woodbine, from July 
IS to 25. 
A WEBWORM ( Crambus sp. ) > 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (July 26): Adults were plentiful on golf greens in 
the Philadelphia area on July J, 
PLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (July 2?): Blepharida rhois Forts, defoliated some 
Brazilian pepper trees at Sarasota, on the southern Gulf coast. Altica 
ignita 111. was sent in from Pinellas County, on the Gulf, where it was 
reported as severely damaging crapemyrtle and azaleas. 
HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd.) 
Connecticxit. E, P. Felt (July 22): Causing some injury to lawns in southwestern 
Connecticut in spite of numerous rains. The damage is considerably less 
than last ye^r. - ■ -• 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stone (July 29): Hairy chinch bug reported from two or three 
places in the State. 
New York. E. P. Felt (July 22): Reported from Bedford and Port Chester, in West- 
chester County . 
