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CRSPE MYRTLE 
CREPE MYRTLE APHID ( Myzocallis kaha w aluokalani Kirk.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Crepe myrtle twigs showing a medium infestation 
were received from Kosiusko, Attala County, on April 20. Aphids were found 
to "be very at) un dan t on crepe myrtle in Jackson on April 29. The injury to the 
plant was very outstanding. 
. . GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRirS ( Taeniothrips gladioli M. & S.) 
New York. P. J. Farrott (May 22): Gladiolus thrips is very abundant in western 
New York. 
HOLLY 
HOLLY LEAF MINER ( Fhytorayza ilicis Curt.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (May 19): The holly leaf miner is being received from 
various points of the State, notably in Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince Georges, 
and Washington Counties. 
JAPANESE LANTERN 
POTATO STALK BORER ( Trichobaris trinotata Say) 
Pennsylvania. J. IT. Knull (May 18): Adults of the potato stalk borer are abundant 
on Japanese lantern plants at Hummelstown this spring. 
LARKSPUR 
CYCLAMM MITE ( Tarsonemus -pallidas Bks.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (May 24): This mite is darling terminal leaves and 
buds of larkspur at New London,. Yalesville , and New Haven. 
NARCISSUS 
NARCISSUS BULB FLY ( Merodon equestris Fab.) 
Washington. C. H. Martin . From April , report, Sumner, Wash., Station: During 
March the majority of the larvae of M. equestris had left the bulbs to pupate. 
On March 28 larvae remained in 8.3 per cent of the infested bulbs. These 
figures include larvae of all sizes, including the supposed two-year forms. 
On April 24 there 'ctill were some full-grown larvae within the bulbs which 
had not pupated. April 12. Adults of both typ.es of bulb flies were observed 
flying near the laboratory cages. Surveys in commercial fields did not show 
any adults. The large number of pupae being carried this season under various 
conditions gives the probable explanation of this very early emergence, and it 
is not considered as a definite date for the emergence of flies under normal 
conditions. April 27-28. Adult Merodon were again seen around the laboratory 
