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GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taenicthrips simplex Mori son) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (September 1): Gladiolus thrips are quite bad at 
some of the plantations in Clark County. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (September 20): Thrips have caused serious injury to 
gladiolus in several gardens a ^ Logan during the current season. 
LILAC 
LILAC BORER ( podosesia syringae Harr.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (September): Considerable injury to lilacs noted 
during the m^nth at Rochester. 
Ohio. E. 7/. Mendenhall (September 6): Lilac borers are very bad in lilac 
bushes on private property in Columbus and in central Ohio. 
PALM 
ROYAL PALM BUG ( Xylastodoris luteolus Barber) 
Florida. J. R. 7/atson (September 2k); The palm weevil has been doing consider- 
able damage in several sections of the lower part of the East Coast. 
PHLOX 
PHLOX BUG ( Lop idea davisi Knight) 
Maryland. G. S. Langford (September IS): The phlox bug has been reported 
on phlox generally. 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (September IS): Culex pipiens L. and Aedes sollicitans 
7/alk. were reported as very annoying in a factory in the vicinity of 
Baltimore. A. sollicitans is very abundant in und itched marsh lands along 
the coast, particularly in Worcester County. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (September 25): Since fall rains began there has been a 
rather severe outbreak of several species of mosquitoes throughout the 
State. Special complaints against them have occurred in the St. Louis 
district. 
