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OLEA HLER 
POIZA LOT '"ASP MOTH (S-nt omeida enilai s Walk* ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (October 25): The polka-dot wasp-moth is causing trouble in 
the southern part of the State as it often does at this tine of the year, de- 
foliating oleanders. 
PA CI-IY SAND RA 
OYSTER- SHELL SCALE (Len i do sanies ulmi L. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (October 23): The oyster-shell scale was abundant on 
Pachysandra at Greenwich. 
PRIVET 
PRIVET THRIPS ( pendrothr ips ornatus Jabl. ) 
II ew York. E. P. Pelt (October 23): The privet thrips is abundant and injurious to 
privet at Ossining. 
rholol ehlpoh 
RHOLOLHHLPOH WHITEFLY ( Dial euro des chitt.end.eni-. Laing. ) 
Washington. C. P. Poucette (September): A very few scattered larvae and a con- 
siderable nurber of empty pupa cases were found in Seattle. It was apparent 
that the new brood is very much smaller than that of last year, which came on 
the imported plants. 
AH AMBROSIA BEETLE (C orthvlus punctatissimus Zimm. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (October 23): The pitted ambrosia beetle was reported as 
injuring rhododendrons at Greenwich. 
ROSS 
A TORTRICID ( Platynota stultan a Wlsm. ) 
Virginia. C. A. !7ei~ei ( September) : N A tortricid leaf tier was found injuring 10 
to 15 percent of the new growth on approximately 100,000 roses in a greenhouse 
range at Alexandria. The larvae draw two leaves together, or fold over the 
edges of individual leaves, usually severing the petioles of the leaflet and 
causing it to die. Some feeding takes place on the inner side of the folded 
leaf; also flower buds are sometimes eaten into on the side and tcnd.er growths 
are cut off. According to August Busc?£, this is the first record of this 
species outside of Mexico and California, where it is a serious pest of oranges, 
roses, and peppers, and occurs on other plants. 
ROSE SA'.TPLY ( Caliroa aetkiors Pad. ) 
Tennessee. Agricultural Extension Hews Service, Univ. of Tenn. (May 29): T" n e rose 
slugs are very numerous and are doinT much damage. Where the slugs are present 
on rose bushes the leaves look scorched. s* 
