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PIRETHOBN 
WESTERN TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemcrocampa votusta Bdv. ) 
California. E. 0. Essig (June): Very abundant in parts of Berkeley 
in June and has completely defoliated portions of hedges of Chinese 
hawthorn ( Pyracantha cronulata ) . 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taeniothrips simplex Morison) 
North Carolina. C. S. Brinley (July 2): Worst case on gladiolus for 
years in my garden at Raleigh,- and many other reports of thrips on 
gladiolus. 
GOLDENROD 
A DIPTEROUS GALL ( Eurosta solidaginis Pitch) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 22): Reported fron Ionia, in southern Michigan. 
HOLLYHOCK 
A LEAP BEETLE ( Calligrapha signoidea Lee . ) 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (June IS): Reported as "being common on garden 
hollyhocks at Yakima and Pullman. 
IRIS 
A WEEVIL ( Mononychus vulpo cuius P. ) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (June 22): Adults damage iris plants by 
eating into the "buds. Specimens received from Roxbury, Thompsonvillo, 
and Woodbridge, in western Connecticut. 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniol (Juno 7): Specimens received from Lakoview on 
June 6; also on wild iris from the vicinity of East Lansing, both 
in south-central Michigan. 
JUNIPER AND CEDAR 
JUNIPER SCALE ( Diaspis carueli Targ.-Tozz.) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (Juno 15): Young are hatching; at least 50 
percent hatched, in the southeastern part of the State. 
South Carolina. J. A. Borly (June 22): Reported in a moderate infestation 
on juniper at Greenville, in the northwestern part of the State. 
