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AMA RYLLIS 
LESSER BULB FLY (F/umerus tuberculatus Rond.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (February 25): Found on Lycorls "bulbs 
in Locust Valley, Long Island. 
. ARBORVITAE 
ARBORVITAE APHID ( Lachnus thujafilina Del G. ) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (February): Early in February 
large brown aphids were noticed feeding on the backs of 
branches of arborvitae. This aphid is easily found by 
observing activity of wasps and flies around arborvitae 
trees. Both wasps and flies feed on the secretion from 
these aphids. 
CAMELLIA . 
SCALE INSECTS (Coccidae) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): On November 23 H. Gladney 
sent to this office Camel lia .japonica leaves infested with 
Chrysomphalus aonidum L. collected at Ocean Springs, in 
Jackson County. N. D. Poets found this scale on a rubber 
plant at 3rookhaven on December 1. C. Jap on 3" oa leaves in- 
fested with Parlatoria pergandii cam e llias Comst. were re- 
ceived on December 9 from Centreville in Wilkinson County. 
Correspondents in Lincoln, Stone, Jackson, Monroe, and 
Rankin Counties have recently sent G. .japonica leaves show- 
ing infestations of Lepido saphes c ane Iliac Hoke. In 
February, C. japonica leaves showing infestations of Fiori nia 
theae Green have been received from correspondents in Monroe 
and Jones Counties. 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taeniothrips simplex Morison) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (February 25): The gladiolus thrips is be- 
ginning to be quite destructive in many gladiolus plantations 
in Manatee and Lee Counties. 
HOLLY 
A CHERMID ( Paurocephala ilecis Ashm. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23); Chermids, identified by 
