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EUONYMUS 
EUONYMUS SCALE ( Chionaspis euonymi Comst.) 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (February 15): Euonymus scale is reported 
as especially abundant in the eastern half of the State. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23); Euonymus twigs heavilv infested 
have been received recently from Greenville, in Washington County, 
and Lambert, in Quitman County. 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taeniothrips gladioli M. & S. ) 
Florida. J. R. "Watson (February 27): The gladiolus thrips is doing serious 
damage in some plantations in the southern part of the State. 
LILAC 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lenidosaohes ulmi L. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (February 25): Live eggs under scales on lilac 
have been observed at "Rochester. I doubt if there will be many eggs 
killed by cold weather. This scale is quite common on lilac and ash, 
except where plantings are watched and sprayed. 
PRIVET 
WHITE PEACH SCALE ( Aulacasuis pent ago na Targ. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): On January 17 a correspondent at 
Fayette, in Jefferson County, sent to this office privet twigs showing 
a heavy infestation. 
SUMAC 
A PSYLLID ( Calouhya. flav ida Schwarz) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (February 25): The blackish, scalelike overwinter- 
ing young a.re alive and quite common or. a number of smooth and siiining 
sumac ( Rhus glabra and R. coioallina ). One- and two-year-old twigs in 
many instances are well shotted with the black dots; and while the 
damage is not evident and the shrubs are growing well, these osyllids 
must be quite a drain on the plants. 
VIRGINI A CREEPER 
A LEAFHOPPER ( ErythroneuPa comes ziczac Walsh) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (February 13): This leafhopper is active on warm 
afternoons at Logan. 
