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I IT S E C T S AFFECTI1TC &EEEHBQUSE 
A IT D OR N A U S IT T A L PLANTS 
A WEEVIL (C alomyc terns se taring Roelofs) 
Connecticut.- W. E. Britton (August 22): Specimens of this weevil have 
just been received from Stratf ore' , in Fairfield County, Just east of 
Bridgeport. 
CHT1TESE MANTIS (Tenodera sinensis Sauss. ) 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (August 2h): This is the first time I have received 
specimens of the Chinese mantid from the extreme southwestern part of 
Ohio. I have taken it once "before in the State, in a nursery near 
Wcoster. 
AZALEA 
AZALEA LACEBUG ( Stenhanitis pyrioid es Scott) 
New York. E. P. Felt (August 23): The azalea lacebug was reported as in- 
jurious to azalea in the White Plains district. 
DAHLIA 
SU1TFL0WER WEEVIL ( Rhodobaehus tredecimuunctatus 111. ) ' 
Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (August 19): We have "been receiving reports of 
serious destruction of dahlias "by the sunflower beetle, or cocklebur 
billbug, from the Chicago and north-shore district and also from the 
extreme southern part of the State, in Alexander County. Tlie first 
reports from the southern part of the State were dated August 9 an d 
those from Chicago, August 13. Specimens received are apparently in 
the full-grown larval stage. One grower reported that U acres of 
dahlias were beginning to die down as a result of this attack. Another 
writes that the damage is very extensive, many plantings being ruined 
just as the plants are beginning to bloom. All report that this is 
the first time they have had trouble with a borer in dahlias. In one 
instance the injured plants were accompanied oy a diseased condition 
designated as "stunt". " 
DEOI AR 
DEODAR WEEVIL ( Pissod as deodrrae Hopk. ) 
ITorth Carolina. R. W. Leiby (August S) : Severe damage is being done to 
deodar cedar trees. It is great* r this season than usual. 
