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A mealybug, Pseudococcus sp., was observed in Florida. 
The Japanese beetle, Popillia .laponica Newm., has been recorded 
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 
Blapstinus sp. caused considerable injury in southern California in 
1918. 
An adult of Araecerus fascic u latus (Deg. ) emerged from a castor-bean 
seed collected in Texas. This insect has been intercepted in the United 
States in seed from Brazil. 
A dermestid, Trpgoderma tarsale Melsh. , has been found living in 
castor-bean seeds in the United States. 
The lubber grasshopper, R omalea microptera (Beauv. ) , has been record- 
ed in Florida, and Brachystola magna (Gir.) was reported as causing con- 
siderable injury in Texas. 
Schistocerc a americ ana (Drury) caused considerable injury in the 
Everglades district of Florida, and this species, together with S. aluta c ea 
(Harr.), was common throughout the State all summer. 
The following miscellaneous Orthoptera have been collected in Florida: 
Chortophaga austral ior R. & H. , Conoc ephalus fasciatus (Deg. ) , P haneroptera 
sp ■ , Scirtetica marmorat a gicta (Scudd.), Orochari s saltator Uhl., and 
Odontoxiphidium apterum Morse. 
The thrips Gna ikothrips uzeli Zimm. was found feeding in small 
numbers in Florida and Thrips nigropilosus Uzel was taken in a greenhouse in 
New York. 
Tetranychus quinquenyc h us McG. attacked the plant in Florida 
