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CEDAR 
WEEVILS ( Pissodes spp.) 
Mississippi R. W. Earned (February 23): Weevils, very probably 
P issodes d eodarae Hopk. , were found injuring Cedrus 
deo dar a plants at Hattiesburg on January 26. 
Hi Dietrich (February 25): Pissodes nemo ren sis Germ, 
was extremely abundant all winter at Lucedale on Cedrus 
deodar a . The first adults were observed on October 29. 
No dying trees observed as yet at Lucedale. Evidently 
beetles did not oviposit on Cedrus this year. 
PALES WEEVIL ( Hylobius pales Boh.) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25):- The weevil Hylobius pales 
was found feeding on bark of living Cedrus deodara . ■ 
EUOiTYMUS 
EU11YMUS SCALE ( Chior.nspis euonymi Comst.) 
Virginia M. P. Jones (March 2): '.'Ihe euonymus scale was found 
slightly infesting climbing euonymus at Charleston and 
also observed on some shrubs at the Experiment Station 
at Norfolk. 
FER1! 
FERN SCALE ( Herri chionaspis aspidistrae Sign.) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25):- The fern scale is quite 
prevalent on ferns at Lucedale and Richton. 
