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LILAC 
LILAC BORER ( Podosesia syringae Harr. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (June 15): A number found in lilac at Rochester 
on June 15. This is a troublesome pest here. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 25): Reported in privet hedge and lilac in 
Hampton, Franklin County; Ames, Story County; and Des Moines, Polk 
County; all in central Iowa. 
RHODODENDRON 
A BOSTRICKID (Polycaon confortus Lee.) 
California. E. 0. Essig (June 27): Boring into the terminal buds and 
preventing new growth and flowers for the corning season at Berkeley. 
RHODODENDRON LACE BUG ( Stcphanitis rhododendri Horv.) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 25): Large numbers of adults and 
immature individuals present in the Philadelphia area. 
AZALEA SCALE ( Eriococcus azaleae Corns t.) 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (Juno 9): Infestation on rhododendron at Youngstown, 
in northeastern Ohio, of sufficient intensity to require treatment. 
Eggs have been deposited in abundance by some females. A few 
eggs have hatched. 
ROSE 
ROSE OJRCULIO ( Rhynchites bicolor F.) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 8): Adults very abundant in rose gardens, 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (June): Especially abundant over the State 
and has done considerable damage to roses. 
Nebraska. M. H. Sv/enk (June 22) : An inquiry as to the control of the 
rose curculio from Holt County, in northern Nebraska, on May 23. 
A HYMENOPTEROUS C-ALL ( Rhodites nebnlosus Bass. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 22): Specimens of galls on rose leaves 
received from Gage County, in southeastern Nebraska, on May 2U. 
ROSE LEAF BEETLE ( Nodonota puncticolli s Say) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 8): Very abundant on apple and cherry 
trees and on rose bushes. 
