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TULIPTREE 
TULIPTREE SCALE ( Touncyella liriodendri Gnel.) 
Delaware. E. P. Pelt (April 23): Tuliptrccs at WilningtoH are infested 
■fejreth»cfc-iiiptrec scale. The scale-eating caterpillar Laetilia 
coccidivora Const, was evidently abundant. 
WILLOW '■' " 
BEETLES (Colooptera) 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (April 25): Throughout central Missouri, during 
the second and third weeks in April, we had a very heavy flight 
of the spotted and striped poplar, and willow "beetles, and nany 
poplar and willow trees are showing severe effocts of their feed- 
ing. A similar condition prevailed a year ago. 
INSECTS APPECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
AN APHID ( Myzus ornatus Laing) 
California. E. 0. Essig (April): The ornate aphid occurs in abundance 
on nany wild and ornanontal plants at Berkeley and'' specinens have 
also "been discovered in Los Angeles County. This species was first 
discovered in California by the writer in 193&. 
HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hi rtus Montd. ) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (April 19): Adults of the hairy chinch 
bug are coning out of hibernation in the Philadelphia area. 
MEALYBUGS ( Pseudo-coccus spp.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 19): Mealybugs were observed on house 
plants, particularly gardenias, at Baltimore on April 19. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Pent on (April 22):. The long-tailed mealybug (P. 
ado ni dun L. ) was reported on house plants at Lookeba. 
OYSTERSHELL SCALE ( Lopldosaphes ulni L. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (April 23): Oystcrshell scale is locally 
abundant in southwestern Connecticut. 
New York. R. E. Horsey (April 12): Oystcrshell scale was found on 
Scotch broon ( Cytisus scoparius ) at Rochester. One shrub in an 
ornanontal planting was badly infested, with scattered scale on 
several others. 
