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Georgia 
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Florida 
Alabama 
Utah 
Michigan 
INSECTS A ? 7 3 C ? I F G GREENHOUSE 
AND H IT A M S H T A L ? L A IT T S 
COTTONY- CUSHION SCALE ( Icerya purchasi Mash. ) 
J. B. Gill (April 25): Complaints on account of infestation 
of shrubbery continue to come in from various localities. 
Within the past month we have supplied Vedalia adults, pupae, 
and larvae for infestations at Albany, Hawkinsville, Vienna, 
Leesburg, Claxton, Waycross, Valdosta, Hahira, and Adel, all 
in Georgia, and at Jacksonville, Florida. 
J. M. Robinson (April 20): The cot tony- cushion scale is 
reported on roses, borwood, and other shrubs at Dothan. 
THRIPS ( Heliothrips" haerno r rho i dal i s Bouche) 
G. F. Xnowlton (April 5): Thrips are damaging poorly cared 
for greenhouses in several places.. 
BULB MITE (R/ J zo.?lyphus hyasinthi Bdv. ) 
E. I. McDaniel (April 28): Severe losses to .Easter lilies 
in greenhouses have been reported from Detroit. 
Indiana 
SOWBUGS (Oniscidae) 
J. J. Davis (April 26): Sowbugs were reported very abundant 
in greenhouses at Brazil and New Albany in February. At the 
latter place they were attaching petunias as they sprouted 
and other potted plants. 
ALDER 
Mississippi 
A LEAF BEETLE (Lina inter rapt a . Fab. ) 
H. Dietrich (April 21): This beetle .had again defoliated 
the alders along White's Creek, George County, by the first 
of the month. 
Mississippi 
ARBORVITAS 
ARBORYITAE APHID ( Dilachnus thu.jafolinus Del G. ) 
G. I. Worthington (April 20): Arborvitae aphids are general 
on arborvitae. The aphids are being attended by flies and 
wasps. 
