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INSECTS- AFFECT. I KG- GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
FULLER'S ROSE BEETLE ( Asynonychus godmani Crotch) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (September 27): The Fuller 1 s rose 
weevil is more abundant than usual and has been reported as injuring a wide 
variety of plants at Norfolk. 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (September 12): This insect is now feeding rather 
abundantly on the foliage of magnolia bay. in the wooded areas near the labor- 
atory at Chadbourn. No specimens have been found feeding on cultivated crops 
this season. 
THREE-LINED POTATO BEETLE (Lema trilineata 01 i v.) 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (September 30): This insect has been de struct! ve to 
patches of Japanese lantern plants at Mont Alto. 
ACHEMON SPHINX (Pholus achemon Drury) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): Larvae collected from ornamental vines 
were received from Dorant, Yazoo City, and Meridian, during the past few 
weeks. No appreciable damage was reported. 
A MOTH BORER ( Heliothis sp.) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (September 20): Borers, determined as Heliothis sp. 
by C. Heinrich, were reported to be prevalent in ground cherries in a garden 
at Brampton, Sargent County. 
A WASP ( Scplia dubia Say) 
Pennsylvania. E. P. Felt (September 23): A parasitic insect, S. dubia , was 
very abundant on a lawn infested by grubs of both the Japanese beetle 
(Po-pillia .japonica Newm.) and the green June beetle (Cotinis nitida_.L.). 
CHINESE MANTIS (Tenodera sinensis Sauss.) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (September 23): The Chinese mantid has been somewhat 
abundant in Stamford and vicinity, a number of specimens having been taken 
upon the business streets. 
GARDEN CENTIPEDE ( Scutigcrella immaculata Newp.) 
California. A. S. Michelbacher (September 19): The garden centipede has done 
considerable damage to sweetpeas and snapdragons at Burlingame. The damage 
was in greenhouses in ground benches. ■ Also, it is believed that the centi- 
pede may be doing severe damage to gardenias in raised benches. An examina- 
tion of the soil in several beds where the plants were doing poorly showed 
a fair concentration of the pest. 
