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ROSE 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( icer.va tTurchasi Mask. ) 
_ouisiana "..'. E. Hinds (April 25): The cottony cushion scale has been un- 
usually abundant in the vicinity of Hammond and Covington and 
has been reported by several on roses at Baton Rouge. 
STRA773ERRY FLEA BEETIE ( Haltica ignita 111. ) 
Florida G. 3. Merrill (April l): Attacking rose at Dundee, doing 
severe damage. 
RASPBERRY CAKE BORER ( Cberea bimaculata Cliv. ) 
Virginia F. !!. Poos (March 23): Several rose growers in Norfolk have 
this month reported damage by this insect. 
A D^SCILLLD BEETLE ( Ptilodactylfifc sp, ) 
Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology No. 155 (iiarch, 1927): 
Dr. S. a. Chapin spent March 3, U, and 5 ' in Philadelphia, study- 
ing types of Coleoptera, especially those belonging to the genus 
Ptilodactyla. Since his return to Washington he has completed 
a short paper on Ptilodactyla, describing new species, one. of 
which is injurious to roses in greenhouses. 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
I II SCELL *M OU S FE EDER S 
FALL YJEBUORM ( HYPHAHTRIA CUNEA Drury) 
Louisiana T. E. Holl or/ay and 17; E. Haley (April 12) : The fall -ebwcrm 
has made its appearance in southeastern Louisiana. It was ob- 
served on willow, privet, and rose. 
CmMPKOR 
•.';.-. ' '. j •-. CiMPHCE. SCALE ( Pseudaonidia duplex Ckll.) 
Louisiana 7. E. Hinds (April 25): The camphor scale has spread to Jennings, 
and is destroying camphor trees at that point. 
CEDARS 
BaGWCRM ( Thyridopteryx ephemeraef ormi s Ha^. ) 
Kansas J. '.'.'. McColloch (March 23): The cedar trees at Independence 
and Beable are covered with the bags of this insect. 
