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INSECTS AFFE0TING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
A LOOPER ( Autographa sp. ) 
Louisiana. Q, E. Smith (March 2H): The larvae of one or more species of 
Autographa are present in injurious numbers on snapdragon and calendula 
in greenhouses and gardens at Baton Rouge. 
CAMELLIA 
SCALE INSECTS (Coccidae) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (March 22): Infestations by Eiorinia theae Green, 
Parlatoria pergandii camelliae Comst. , and Lepidosaphe s camelliae Hoke, 
on camellia bushes, mostly Camellia japonica , are unusually heavy at 
Fort Valley. (Let. H. Morrison. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle p (March 2U): Scale insects, F. theae , reported from 
Port Gibson, Centreville, and Laurel, and L, ca mel liae on C amellia 
japonica from Centreville, all in the southern Toart of the State. 
HOLLY 
A LACEBUGi (Tingididae) 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (March): The first report of lacebug ■ * 
on ornamental holly in this State has been received recently. 
JUNIPER 
JUNIPER TOBWORM ( Dichomeris marginellus E. ) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (March 6): Specimens received for identification 
and request for advice concerning control at Bridgeville, southern 
Delaware. 
PENTSTEM ON 
CHECKER SPOT ( Euphydryas chalredona Dbldy. & Hew.) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (March 8): The larvae of the checker spot, or chal- 
cedon, one of the brush-footed butterflies, was found feeding on bushy 
pentstemon at the Boyce Thompson S. Y!. Arboretum at Superior, south- 
central Arizona. Every bush in the canyon was covered with the cater- 
pillars, which were rapidly defoliating the plants. 
