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INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
EUROPEAN EARWIG (Eorficula auricular ia L.) 
Washington. E. W. Jones (April 19)t The overwintering adults have emerged 
from the soil this month and are abundant in the flower gardens at 
Walla Walla. 
OYSTERSHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (April 17)2 A had infestation on Lon i cera spp. at 
Rochester. Numerous other Lonicera nearby were free of scale. One 
Amelanchier sp. severely infested and 2 more slightly so in a group of 
15 shrubs of the same kind. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (April 22): Many cotoneaster hedges in the vicin- 
ity of Fargo are heavily infested. 
SOET SCALE ( Coccus hesp eridum L. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (April 22): The soft brown scale was attacking 
shrubbery at Union Springs the middle of April. 
ARBORYITAE 
ARBORVITAE APHID (Lachnus t hujafilina Del Guer. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2U): Specimens on arborvitae were collected at 
Fayette on March 27. Plant Board inspectors report these aphids unusu- 
ally abundant at Meridian, Aberdeen, and Jackson. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (April U): Observed in several residential plantings 
in Phoenix. Thus far the interiors of the host plants were free from 
mold or excess of honey dew, which is usually present. 
AZALEA 
A SCALE INSECT (Pseudaonida paeoniae Ckll.) 
South Carolina. ?. F. Smith (April 10): .Generally present in older azalea 
gardens at Charleston. Severely infested plants develop sparse foliage, 
few or no flowers, and gradually die, 
BOXWOOD 
BOXWOOD PSYLLID ( Psyll ia buxi L. ) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 5): Boxwood psyllid attacking boxwood at 
Chestertown. 
