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L'aryland 
Indiana 
Mississippi 
Nebraska 
ROSE LEAF BEETLE ( Nodonota puncticollis Say) 
J. A. Hyslop (June 12): This flea beetle is in every flower 
in my rose garden near Silver Spring attacking hybrid tea and 
hybrid perpetual roses, disfiguring the petals. There are from 
one to six beetles in every blossom. 
ROSE CHAFER ( Macrodactvlus subspinosus Fab . ) 
J. J. Davis (June 26); This rose bug was reported as damaging 
iris and the foliage and fruit of apple at Michigan City June 9 
and roses at South Bend June 12. On June 13 these beetles were 
causing the death of young chickens at Medaryville. Green peaches 
were being damaged by these beetles at Goshen June 25. 
FLOV/ER THRIPS (Fra nklinjell a tritici Fitch) 
R. W. Harned (June 25): Many complaints have been received 
during the past few months regarding the injury by thrips to 
roses. Specimens identified as Franklinella tritici have recent- 
ly been received from Drew, ya 200 City, and Scoby. 
GALL WASPS ( Rhodites spp . ) 
M. H. Swenk (May 15-June 15): The present spring has been one 
favorable to gall wasps as well as to aphids and gall mites. 
From Kearney County west to Redwillow County reports of unusu- 
ally common infestations of roses by the galls of Rhodites 
n ebulos us were received, while in eastern Nebraska similar reports 
were received of an unusual abundance of the spiny rose gall, 
Rhodites bicclor. 
Indiana 
SPIRAEA 
SPIRAEA APHID ( Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
J. J. Davis (June 26): Spiraea aphids were very abundant at 
Cory June 12. 
H. F. Dietz (May 31): The spiraea aphid is very abundant on 
Spiraea vanhouttei . 
VIBURNUM 
Nebraska 
SNOWBALL APHID ( Aphis v iburnicola Gill.) 
M. H. Swenk (May 15-June 15): The snowball aphid has been com- 
plained of during the period covered by this report. 
