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POPI./R 
A FAY-BEETLE (L achnosterna arcuata Smith) 
Lovxsiana G. h. Bradley (April 14): This ir.se ct has defoliated four young, 
about five-year-old, trees on a Lassen at Found. 
APHIDIDA2 
(T cothomasia p opulicola Thos .) 
Louisiana G. K. Bradley (Fay 14); Reported from Found as abundant on poplar 
trees . 
MAPLE 
FAPLE BORER (Gy nanthedon ace mi Clem.) 
Ohio E. VI. Mendenhall (April 28): Maple borers are doing considerable 
damage to the maple trees in the residential district of south 
Dayton^ 
INSECTS ATTACKING GREENHOUSE 
AND R N A F E N T A L PL A NTS 
GREENHOUSE WHITE ^LY ( Trialeurodcs varorariorum TTestw.) 
New York C. R. Crosby (March 21): An infested oxalis leaf was received 
fro:;, Earlville. 
VARIEGATED CUTHDRF ( Peridrora rargaritosa Haw.) 
Indiana K. E» Dietz (April '22): The variegated cutworm was recorded as 
a serious pest on greenhouse srailax at Richmond and at Greencastle. 
The greenhouse carnations were also injured by these caterpillars. 
GREEN JUNE BEETLE ( Cotinis nit id a L.) 
Indiana J, J. Davis (April 23): On April 15 damage to a lawn by the 
green June beetle grub was reported from Farysviile, Clark County, 
which is in the southern part of the State, not far from Louisville, 
Ky. 
IRIS ROOT-BORER ( Macro no ctua onusta Grote) 
Indiana H. E. Dietz (April 22): T;?o parasites of the iris root-borer 
have been identified Dy specialists in the United States NationaI | 
Museum as Apanteles r ilitaris rr alsh and Amblytelos :ucundus Brulie, 
the forcer being identified Dy Mr- Cushman. This apparently is 
the first record of any parasites of the iris root-borer, which 
has Deen a very serious pest on ornamental iris plantings in 
Indiana. 
