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OYSTER -SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulmi L.) 
District of Columbia. W. Middleton (April 2): Oyster-shell' scale collected 
en elm trees in Washington, (identified by H. Morrison.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (April 26): Apparently the winter had little harmful 
effect on the oyster-shell scale. 
Idaho. C. Wakeland (April 21) { Oyster-shell scale was heavily killed by 
temperature of the last winter in' northern Idaho. 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE '( Icerya purchasi Mask. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2k) : - On April 17 the county agent of Hattiesburg 
sent specimens of cottony cushion scale which, he stated, was very 
abundant on hedges in that city, ' This insect also occurs 'on some 
properties in Laurel. Ladybeetles are being distributed as rapidly as 
possible. 
AZALEA 
AZALEA SCALE ( Sriococcus azaleae Comst.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 2k) : Infestations of the azalea scale have been 
found during the past month at Pascagoula and Meridian. In both cases 
the infestations were traced to infested plants from a nursery in Mobile. 
Every effort is being made to clean up the infestations and prevent the 
spread. 
DOGWOOD 
DOGWOOD CLUB GALL ( Lasioptera clavula Beutra. ) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (April 2U) : The dogwood club gall was found to be 
somewhat abundant on newly transplanted flowering dogwood. 
JUNIPER 
JUNIPER WE3W0RM ( Dichomeris marginellus Fab.) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (April 2k) • The juniper webworm was somewhat abundant 
on Irish juniper at New Canaan. 
LILAC 
WHITE PEACH SCALE ( Aulacaspis pentagona Targ.) 
Connecticut and New York. E. P. Pelt (April 2k); White peach scale was found 
in some numbers on lilac at Darien, Conn., and Huntingdon, Long Island, N.Y 
ROSE 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Texas. R. E. McDonald (April 20): Aphids are reported as doing considerable 
damage to roses in the El Paso and Mesilla Valleys. 
