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Jlorida 
Ari25ona 
Mi ssi ssippi 
Georgia 
CITHUS API-IID ( A'Ais spira.ecol a Patch) 
J. R. Watson (March 21): A. spira.eco la is reporter' scarce 
for March. It is decic'edl;^ more ah^:^.:icu?,r.t on citrus than a 
month a:^o, "but the infestation is still not severe as compared 
with other years. ■ ' 
COWFPA AFHID ( Aphis nedic/i/^inis Koch) 
C D. Lebert (l"!arch): A,. !:V-'dica^;:i~ii s is moderately abundant 
in Phoenix. This insect, which attachs the tender nev; .^-rowth 
of citnis, is quite numerous at this time in the valley. However, 
a little hjTaenopterous pa.rasite has been observed in most cases 
to be working on the aphid* 
BLACIC CI THUS APHID ( ToT:o;otera aurantii 3oyer) 
C. L;:,"le (March 21); Satsuraa leaves infested \vith Hystoron eura 
aurantii (det. b" A. L. Hamner) v/ere received from Pascagoula 
on Ma.rch 7. The aphids were heavily parasitized. 
CITHUS WITWIY ( Dialeurodes citri Riley & Howard) 
J. B. Gill (March 25): The citrus whitefly is modera,toly 
abun.^aiit on orna''''!ental s and citras in Alban";' and in southern 
Georgia. 
Florida 
Louisiana 
J. R. Watson (March 21): The citrus whiteflj- is beginning 
to emerge. Its numbers are not so great as one would expect 
from a waiTn winter, owing undoubtedly to an unusijal development 
of the entomo'^enous fungi during the winter. 
W. E. Hinds (March 24): The citrus whitefl" is very abund- 
ant on all host plants in southern Louisiana. 
Arizona 
A TORTRICID MOTH ( Plat^-no ta sp. ) 
C. D. Lebert (March): Larvae of _FlaJr^nota. sp, were fotuid 
in grapefruit and oranges near ?h.ocnix. Abotit 4 per cent of 
the fniit was found to contain larv?.e '"hich were found below 
the rind in the white tissue. S'ltrancn holec were numerous 
and a rot load followed the injur3'. This is the second time 
this insect ri.-^.s been found on citms in this locality. 
CITRTJS THEIPS (Scirtothrips citri Moult. ) 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (March 2l): Citms thrips arc ont at P^Loenix. 
Several irmiature individuals have been found on the tender 
new growth and only two or three winged speciire:is. 
