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.. INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
A SCARABAEID ( Ataenius cognatus Lee.) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23): W. D. Whitcomb, of Waltham, re- 
ported rather heavy infestations in, several large golf- courses'in 
eastern Massachusetts. • This small scarab has destroyed several 1 
thousand square feet of turf on two large golf courses in Newton hy 
eating the roots from the grass. Injured turf can he rolled hack 
as when infested with the grubs of the Japanese "beetle. Larvae, 
pupae, and, adults were present on July lU, pupae predominating, 
HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (July 23) J Specimens received with reports of 
injury to lawns from Fanbury, New Haven, and West Haven. 
New England and New York. E. P. Pelt. (July 23): The hairy chinch bug is 
locally abundant and quite injurious to lawns and golf courses in south- 
western New England and southeastern New York. 
PEAR 5LUG ( Eriocampo ides llnaclna Retz.) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (July 6): Numerous on maazard cherry and cot on- 
easter at Rochester. : "'..■'....;. 
SOUTHERN PINE SAWYER ( Monochamus titillator P. ) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (July 23)1 On June 15 I collected .on adult, that 
was feeding on Chinese arborvitae in Fredericksburg. On June- 21 a 
nurseryman from Petersburg brought in a specimen of hemlock damaged 
by the feeding of adults. He reported much. damage being done in a 
newly developed section where many hemlocks were used in ornamental 
plantings. This pest has at times been numerous in Richmond, New-. 
port News, and Norfolk. We have had no complaints except from 
Petersburg this year. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
CHRYSANTHEMUM LEAF MINER ( Phytornvza chrvsanthemi Kowarz) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 23): The chrysanthemum loaf miner was injuring 
verbena at Meridian on June 28. 
DAHLIA 
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SIALIC BORER ( Papaipema nebris nitela Guen.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall. (Aug. 3) J Stalk borers are injurious in dahlia 
plantations in Springfield. 
