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campus and north of the Merrimac River. The campus is in a resi- 
dential area south of the river. Obviously this lace bug is now well 
established locally. The leaves of Pieris japonica, much discolored 
and damaged by the heavy feeding of Stephanitis , tend to drop pre- 
maturely. Consequently, gardeners and nurserymen should be con- 
cerned with the spread of this lace bug from southwestern Connecti- 
cut into northeastern Massachusetts. 
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