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LILAC 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L. ) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 20): Oyster-shell scale. An examination dis- 
closed the fact that the young -ere crawling about the twigs of 
xilac by uune 12-14, three or four days later than the corres- 
ponding record for apple. 
HMSa&ror-BUG Q-fargantia histrionica Hahn) 
as *'« 0. Bishopp (April l6): An instance was observed in -vhich they 
were present in lilacs i n great numbers and caused the withering 
of all blooms before they fully opened. 
v7ALKUT SCALE ( Asmdiotus jug-lans-r egi a e Const.) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (llay 31): Mahonis plants in a nursery in Cincin- 
nati infested with As^idiotus iu-rrlans-r e.gi a fe Comst. 
ITARCISSUS 
ALE ALE A EEMATODE ( Tylenchu s dipsaci Huh;. ) 
Ohio E. 7". Mendenhall (May 31): E'ound seme damage to Earcissus at Col- 
umbus, Dayton and PiQ.ua from the eel^orm T vl enchu s diusaci . 
Another inspection will be made when lifted, then followed by 
treatment. 
PHLOX 
RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius L . ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 2) : The red spider has been abundant on phlox 
at La Payette the past month. 
RHGDOIEIIERO" 
RHODODENDRON LACE BUG ( Stenhanit is rhododendri Harr. ) 
Hew York E. P. Pelt (June 2k): Rhododendron lace bugs, T.e-^o^a. explanata, 
are not very numerous at Rochester owing to persistent spraying. 
(R. E. Horsey.) 
ROSS 
ROSE APHID ( igcrosiuhum r o sae L. ) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (June 137) : The rose aphids are Quite bad this 
year over all the State. They attack rcse pianos in the termi- 
nal shoots. 
