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Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (July 26): The infestation is heavy on uncut golf 
greens in the Philadelphia area. Pew adults were present, hut all stages 
of nymphs were found on June 21. 
WHITE PEACH SCALE ( Aulacaspis pentagons Targ. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (July 26): Very abundant and reported as seriously in- 
juring a wide variety of trees and shrubs in and near Norfolk, 
South Carolina, J. A. Berly (July 26): Heavy infestation on mulberry at Pair 
Pores t, Spartanburg County, 
Texas. R. K. Pletcher (July 22): Very seriously injured Amur privet in Harris 
County. Also recorded on privet and French mulberry in Galveston County. 
Both counties are in southeastern Texas. 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( Icerya purchasi Mask.) 
Georgia, T, L. Bissell (July 15): Collected on Pittosporum tohira in Amsterdam 
and reported from Americus, southwestern Georgia. 
Louisiana, B, A. Osterberger (July): Pound on nandina, boxwood, and pittosporum 
around Baton Rouge, 
BARBERRY 
A CATERPILLAR ( Omphalocera dentpsa Grote) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 23): Specimens taken from a "barberry" bush in 
Stanton County, eastern Nebraska, on June 25. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
CHRYSANTHEMUM GALL MIDGE ( Diarthronomyia hypogaea Loew) 
Ohio. E. W, Mendenhall (July 21): Quite bad on chrysanthemum in greenhouses at 
3 a rnesville, southeastern Ohio. 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
Maryland. E. N, Cory' (July ll): Attacking chrysanthemum at Rockville, Montgomery 
County. 
Ohio. E. W, Mendenhall (Julv 21): The greenhouse thrips ( Heliothrips haemor- 
rhoidalis Bouche) is quite severe on chrysanthemum in greenhouses in 
Barnes ville. 
