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Arizona C. D. Lebert (May 22) : Extremely severe injury by this 
mite'.. to conifers, .especially Italian cypress, was recorded 
in the Phoenix area during Hay. Many of the trees were 
noticed to bo 'entirely webbed and very much discolored. 
. 'AN ATHTD ( Dilachnus thujafoli? Theob. ) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (May 23): This -aphid has increased to such 
numbers on arborvitae at Lucedale that control measures had 
to be adopted. 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (April 27): The arborvitae aphid has been 
extremely numerous this season.' Many trees show marked ef- 
fects of the -nest in the Phoenix area. L^dy beetles are 
very numerous ..on 'arborvitae, 'where tliey have been feeding 
on the -niant lice. 
ASTEIl 
EUIiOrHAM HD3M3T ( Vesma crabro L. ) 
Maryland' S, I. Pelt (April 30)': The r Suropean hornet has been ob- 
and served recently working on tree box at both VJilmington, Del., 
Delaware and Annapolis, Md. Even good sized stems have been partial- 
ly to nearly completely girdled. 
CEDATi 
DEODATi UEEVIL ( iissodes deodarae Hopk. ) 
Mississippi H. ".:. Hamed (May 25): 4 correspondent at Greenwood sent 
to this office four small Cedrus deodar a trees, all of which 
were heavily infested. 
' CRETE MYRTLE 
CRETE MYRTLE AIKID ( My zocalli s kahawaluokalani Kirk.) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (May 23): The crepe myrtle aphid is very 
abundant on crepe myrtle at Leakesville. 
