■ ; SCALE (Ohi onaspi s pinifol'iae Fitch) 
rl. Sweftk (Aui-^ust SJ-'Septemoor .25,)-J ^ I:'um,eroy.s complaints of in- 
j'oty to spruce trees "by, the pine leaf scale have "been received 
during the period 'cdVered "by this" report, 
- ; ' ' T7ILL0W V^!" r'l] 
■ SUROPMI'^ WILL0T7 BESlilLS ( Piagjiodera .versicolora Laich. ) 
',7. E. Britton (Septemher 2U) Apparently. .di stributed over Ji early 
-all- of the State.- FeBds on glossy l,eayed '^/illo-vs. 
a R E S H O- U- S E : A F D R If' AVM 'E.-IT. T A L P L A IT T S 
• ■■ ' ' ASTER ; 
3LACK BLISTER BEETLE ( Emcauta jjennsylvani ca DeC-. ) 
J. J. Davis (September 2h) : The black blister beetle -.-.'as reported 
danaging aster at Port Branch, LaPayette, and G-oodland the latter 
part of Au.gust and early September. 
•■ ' CHRYSAITTHBI"Li: *■ - 
CI-IRYSAl^rHElW APHID ( l-'acrosiPhOnielia sanborni 'Jill . ) 
E. W. Mendenhall (September lb): The black chrysanthemum aphid 
is q.uite abundant on chrysanthera-um in the greenhouse at Pi^ua. 
CHRYSAi^ITHEHPi'-I LACE BUG ■ ( Cor :/thucha marmorata Uhl. ) 
R. ^. Earned (September 22): Specimens of the chrysanthemum lace ■ 
bug TTore received on September 1? from Meridian, khere they were 
causing serious injury to chrysaiitheraum. 
IRIS 
IRIS 3CRER ( l':acron6ctua - oliusta Grote ) 
S. P. • Pelt ■ (September 2k): The iris borer was seriously injuri- 
ous to a large planting of Japanese iris and German iris in 
Dutchess County. 
E. Cory (September 13): On August 22 larvae and pupae, mostly 
the former, r/ere found at Beltsville and on August 25 they ^^3TQ 
found in Baltimore, these mostly pupae. 
J. J. Davis- (September 2k) : Iris borers Were reported abundant 
and destructive to iris at South Bend the last of A-u^st. 
