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MAGNOLIA 
MAGNOLIA SCALE ( Neolecaniun cornuparvum Thro) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (August 15): A "badly infested large Kobus magnolia 
and a Star magnolio with considerable magnolia scale were found on 
this date at Rochester. Less scale than last year. 
NARCISSUS 
BULB MITE ( Rhizo,?;lyphus hyacinthi Bdv. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lylo (August 24): Bulb nite was present on bulbs received 
from New Albany on August 11. 
PRIVET 
LILAC LEAF MINER ( Cracilaria syringe 11a F.) 
Now York. E. P. Felt (August 24) • The lilac; leaf miner was found mining 
rather conmnnly the privet foliage at Southampton, Long Island. 
ROSE 
A ROSE TWIG GIRDLER ( A^rilus communis rubicola Perrin) 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (August 21): This summer the insect is rather 
scarce and has only been reported a few times by the nursery inspectors. 
In other years it was reported from nearly every nursery that had 
susceptible roses. 
SUNFLOV/SR 
SUNFLOvTER BEETLE ( Zygogramna exclamationis F.) 
New Jersey. C. E. Mickel (August 11): H. H. Shepherd just returned from a 
trip through the East and turned over to me two specimens which he col- 
lected on sunflower at Vineland, N. J., on July 24. He reports that the 
larvae were working in sunflower buds. 'This is a western species known 
from Kansas, Arizona, and Montana. 
7/ATERLILY 
7/ATERLILY LEAF BEETLE ( Galerucella nymphaeae L.) 
Connecticut. E. A. Back (August 26): On August l6 the pond lily chrysomelid 
was found abundant in the e e ~g, larval, pupal, and adult stages at 
North V/indham. The species was defacing the foliage of the white pond 
lily. 
