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Mississippi. C. L.yle (February 21): C. euonymi oniony-: is frpir Haz ■■ . ■■ - . . 
October 1?; from Sanatorium, November 13; and fron I. , Hovember 22. 
It was also found in Hazlehurst, January 29. 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taenic thrips gladioli H. & S.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (February 20): There is a sprinkling- of the gladiolus 
thrips in several infested properties, but the Infestation is net heavy as 
yet in any place. Evidently this thrips goes through the summer in Tlcrida 
in- only small numbers and breeds rather slowly during the fall and Ln1 r. 
In addition to this thrips, four others are found feeding on the leaves of 
the gladiolus in the vicinity of Winter Haven: Hani othr ins gowdeyi Hood, 
E chi no thrips ameri canu s Morgan, Fr ankliniella insularis Frank! in, and 7 -ins 
tabaci Lind. , the latter only in the immediate neighborhood cf onion fields. 
This is the first time that E. americanus has been present in Lus Ln 
Pinellas County. ^ tabaci is much in evidence en onions. 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (February): Gladiolus cor rr s stored in a warm I re 
swarming with thrips while those stored in a cool storage showed ver: Little 
development during the -'inter. 
RHODODENDRON 
RHODODENDROM LACEBUG (S teoha r. itis rho dodendri How.) 
New England. .E. P. Felt (February 21): The rhododendron lacebug is somewhat 
common in southern New England, there being enough 'eggs so that an a\ 
to somewhat severe infestation may be expected the coming season; it is also 
common ' or* . Long Island, IT. Y., and an average to somewhat severe infesta- 
tion may also be expected the coming season. 
WISTARIA 
A SCALE INSECT ( Lecar.rm excrescer.s Ferris) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (February 2l): L. excrescer.s was recently found on 
wistaria at Greenwich. It has not heretofore been recorded from this 
country. -(Det. H. Morrison.) 
INSECTS ATTACKING iiAB AND 
domestic animals 
1 1A1I 
BOXELDER BUG (Leptc o rris t rivittatus Say) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (February 21): Boxelder bugs have conl 
ing throughout the entire '-inter. 
Indiana. J.J. Davis (February 22): I mi ht say I t the boxelder bug 
en annoying off and on in hemes t nit t ' i ter. 
