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■ GLAEIOLI 
GLADIOLUS TERIP S ( Taenia thrips gladioli M. & S. ) 
Hew York P. M. Eastman (October 9): Specimens of the gladiolus 
thrips Iiavc been received from Rochester. From past reports 
this pest seems. to have been quite general throughout the State. 
A THRIPS ( Taonio thrips atratus mo nt anus Priesner) 
Massachusetts E. R. ' Sasscer (September 26): Thrips that were sent to 
J. R. Watson, September 1 from galdiolus, .from Longmeadow, Mass., 
were determined as the European thrips Taenio thrips atratus 
mo nt anus . Dr. Watcon says that this species is a very common 
thrips in Europe. "It looks very much as if it may have been 
introduced in gladiolus bulbs. This has never been recorded 
from this country before. This may possibly prove to be quite 
a pest on gladiolus. It .seems rather peculiar that our 
introductions should be of the variety mo. nt anus , which is 
■ confined to Austria and the Balkans, rather than the common 
'■'■ ' European .species". .' ■ '■' ■■■■' 
' LILAC 
GIM'T HORNET ( Ye spa crabro L. ) " 
Connecticut' E. P. E e lt (October , 23): The European 'hornet has been 
exceptionally abundant in several localities in the vicinity 
of Stamford. They attracted, notice mostly because they injured 
lilac branches;- ■ ■ 
■r LILIES .... . 
BULB MITE : ( Rhizoglyphu s hyacinthi Bdv. ) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenliall (October 15)? lily plants in one of the 
greenhouses in Greenville are badly affected with bulb mites. 
The plants are -not' making any growth but are looking very 
sickljv Lilies being propagated in one of the greenhouses in 
'Springfield aire- so •-badly infested that the plants were taken 
up and destroyed; also a greenhouse grower in Columbus reports 
■ ; ■_ .-the same, thing, '■ • „C 
S1TAPDRAGOIT 
BUCKEYE BUTTERELY ( Junonia coenia Hbn. ) 
Mississippi C. Lyle (October 22).; Larvae of Junonia coenia were 
collected from snapdragons at Greenwood on September 25. 
