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G B E E N H C&3 E AND R N * !' E N T A L 
PLANT I N S E C T S 
GENERAL FEEDEBS 
JAPANESE BEETLE f Pool Ilia japonic a Newt: . ) 
Bureau of Entomology Monthly Letter No. 95. "There was received at 
the Japanese beetle laboratory earlier in the spring what is believed 
to have been one of the largest s'Xi^srit'.i of imported parasite material 
ever brought into this country. Something over 100,000 cocoons of 
a tachinid known to be parasitic on the Japanese beetle in Japan were 
sent to the laboratory by the Bureau's representative stationed in 
Japan, The large proportion of the cocoons were in good condition 
and emergence has iust started." 
COTTONY CUSHION SCALE ( Icerv a purchasi Mask.) 
T. K. Jones (June 30) . "County agent at Shreveport reports that 
several heavy infestations of the cottony cushion scale have been 
discovered at this place. The insect is spreading rapidly. One 
small colony of the vedalia beetle has been sent from The experiment 
station, out these have disappeared and appear to have been lost 
altogether." 
onnecticut 
IRIS 
Mpno^vchus vulpe cuius Eab . 
H. L. Johnson (June 15) . "This insect is doing considerable damage 
to iris at South Meriden." 
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lew York 
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IRIS BORER ( Macronoctua onust a Grcte) 
C. S. V'eigel . "This insect is reported as particularly injurious to 
iris during the month of July from Ca: -, g Island." 
C. S. Y'eigel. "This insect is reported as particularly injurious 
during the month of July from Balls ton Lake." 
H.A. Gossard (July 2l). "During July specimens of this insect were 
received from Western Reserve University where they were destroying 
iris plants. This caterpillar bears considerable superficial resem- 
blance to the European corn borer." 
ROSE 
ROSE LEAF-BEETLE ( Mcdonota ouncticolli a Say) 
York E. P. Felt (July 2l) . "Appears to have been unusually abundant in 
Columbia County, also reported earlier in the season from Putnam 
County." 
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