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I II S 2 C T S AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
A II 2 E N A LI H T LI FLA N I S 
FULLER'S HOSE 52ITLL ( Asynoiiychus goctaani Crotch) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (September 26): Fuller's rose weexil 
is abundant and causinr sor.':e damage to orn mental plantings in the llorfolk 
area. 
PACIFIC FLAT-HEADED BORER ( Ohrysobothris Pali Horn) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 18): V,"e have had a few complaints pertaining 
to injury of ornamentals "by the western flat-headea apple-tree borer. 
GARDEN CENTIPEDE ( Scutigerella inmaculata ITewp.) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (September 20): During the past month the garden 
centipede, has been doin~ damage to snapdragons in greenhouses in East .Oakland. 
SADDLE-BACK CATERPILLAR (Sibine stimulea Clem.) 
Connecticut. 17. E. Eritton (September 22): Reported as attacking corn, wild cherry, 
iris, and hardy aster at North Branford, New Haven, and Bridgeport. More 
abundant as compared with the average year. 
Maryland. E. IT. Cory (September 25): The saddle-back caterpillar has been report- 
ed on iris and rhodondendron in Prince Georges and Carroll Counties respectively. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (September 20): The saddle-back caterpillar is moderately 
abundant at Elbert a. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): A correspondent at Lexington in Holmes 
County sent us on September 15 a larva collected from rose. 
ALTHEA 
COREIDS (Co rizus spp.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (September 26): All stages of C. sidae 
Fab. are abundant on the foliage and particularly on the seed pods of 
Amaranthua . This species was reported on Alt he a in this area last year. It 
is usually of a more southern ran-/. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): A correspondent at Fayette in Jefferson 
County wrote us on September 9 that Alt he a seed nods were heavily infested by 
C. hyalinus Tab. 
ASTER 
A LACEBUG ( Coryt nucha marmorata Uhl.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 25): This lacebug was destructive to aster at 
Crown Point, August 30. 
