Wisconsin 
• ' SPRUCE 
SPRUCE BUDWORM- ( Cacoecia fumifferana Clem.) 
E. L. Chambers (April 25): The spruce budworm is moderately- 
abundant. Overwintering larvae are plentiful in southern 
Wisconsin. The budworm is becoming more serious on our 
evergreens . 
INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE AND 
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND LAWNS 
Washington 
Mississippi 
Alabama 
Ohio 
Ohio 
A TORTRICID ( Tortrix citrana Fern.) 
W m W. Baker (March 10): Adults, pupae, and various stages 
of larvae and eges of a small moth were found working on 
greenhouse plants, including geranium (ivy-leafed geranium, 
Martha Washington, and others), pelargonium. Acacia mimula , 
cyclamen, lantana, and fuchsia, in Tacoma, March 3. 
RED SPIDER (Te tranychus telarius L.) 
C. Hines (April 19): The red spider is very abundant on 
arborvitae at Yazoo City and Rolling Fork. 
J. E. McEvilly (April 18): The red spider is abundant on 
ornamentals at McComb. 
SOFT BROWN SCALE ( Coccus hesperidum L.) 
J. M. Robinson (April 25): The soft brown scale has been 
reported from Foley, attacking Japanese persimmon, also from 
Columbia, attacking a banana shrub. 
A SCALE INSECT (Saissetia nigra Nietn.) 
E. W. Mendenhall (April 26): I find Hi biscus coo^erii 
infested in a greenhouse at Painesville, .vhere some damage 
is being caused. 
LONG SOFT SCALE ( Cocci's elongatus Sign.) 
E. W. Mendenhall (April 12): An outbreak on cactus in 
one of the greenhouses in Springfield. 
Mississippi 
ARBORVI TAE 
AN APHID ( Dilachnus thuiafolia Theob.) 
R. W. Herned (April 22): Dilachnus thu.jafolia was received 
from Mendenhall, Corinth, and Ficayune , where it was reported as 
seriously infestinr orborvitoe slants. 
