-US- 
Texas 0. G> Babcock (March 1 to 15): The several species of 
arborvitae are found to 1 severely infested with this 
plant louse. The lice are to be foi inl v on the snail 
"branches enclosed by the foliage and also out near the tips 
or smaller brine..'/:: about the many apexes of the tree. L'-\r;;e 
and. small treee are affected alihe. S"r~_v.e fli-is and lad".* 
beetles were observed to be feeding upon thc.ee lice. 
EUOHYHUS 
SUONYMUS SCALE ( Chionaspis euonymi Comst. ) 
He- ZJngland 3. P. Pelt (April 22); The euonymus scale is breeding 
and abundantly on individual plants or -roups of plants in the 
New York Boston, Mass., area, in southwestern Hew England, and in 
southeastern New York. 
GLADIOLI 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taeniothrips gladioli L'oulton)* 
Florida J. R. Watson (April 2?): We now have this thrips in Stuart, 
Sanford, Palmetto, Ellenton, Winter Haven, and Dundee. The 
infestations at Stuart, ULlenton, and Sanford were severe. 
Michigan E. I. McDaniel (April IS): A*«ery severe infestation of the 
gladiolus thrips was found on the corns grown on the Botany 
Experiment Farm at the Station, East Lansing. All corns were 
apparently free from disease and insects last fall when stored. 
Those in trays near the top of the room were most severely 
infested. Other "olaccs in Michigan where this insect has been 
recorded are O^osso, Flint, and around Port Huron. 
HACZC3ERRY 
EA.CEB3HRY BUD GAIL ( P?.ch-ps^lla eemma Riley) 
New England E. F. pelt (April 22):' The hackborry bud gall is locally 
and abundant on its food plant in southwestern Now England and 
Hew York southeastern Hew York. 
BARHACLD SCALE »' C' Tvropl-iL t rs cirri'-e "if ormir- Comst. ) 
Georgia J. 3. Gill (April 25): Shade trees, especially . the hr.ckberry, 
and some ornamentals in the vicinit" of Albany lia.Te been found 
to be heavilv infested. 
*?. P. Sir.ith (April): Specimens received fro.-. P-T. n, 
Pt .Wayne, Ind, , in April and fro- C- A. Horsefeld, Baltimore, 
., in February have been identified by H. Morrison as 
Ta eni o t hrin s gl b dloli U "Jul t o n • 
