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SUGAR CANE 
SUGAR-CANE MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus calceolariae Mask.) 
Louisiana T.H.Jones. "Mr. Gouaux reports on returning from a field trip 
that the mealybug is common on sugar cane in fields about the 
mills and refineries in the Franklin, Gramercy, Reserve, and 
Paine our tville sections* Their abundance in such fields as 
compared with other fields of the plantations is apparently 
due to the fact that the Argentine ant which attends the 
mealybug is more numerous in the fields about the mills and 
refineries." 
FALL ARMY WORM ( Laphygma frugiperda S.& A.) 
Louisiana T. H. Jones. "Mr. W. A. O'Neill reported an outbreak of these 
insects on his plantation at Baldwin early in July." 
NOBTHERN TOBACCO HORNWORM ( Phlegethontius quinquemaculata Haw.) 
New York C. R. Crosby (July 20). "Doing considerable damage about Cato." 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
New York C. R. Crosby (July 20). "Reported as injurious in tobacco 
fields about C a to." 
GREENHOUSE AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
ASTER 
. . TARNISHED PLANT-BUG ( Lygus pratensis L.) 
New York M. D. Leonard (August l). "Considerable damage in 6ollege 
gardens at Ithaca; buds deformed or imperfect blooms produced." 
. . WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga s£.) 
New York J. D. Palmer (July 30). "A large bed of asters suffered' about 
40 per cent from injury by white grubs in Ulster County." 
BOSTON FERN 
. . HEMISPHERICAL SCALE ( Saissetia hemisphaerica Targ.) 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (July 25). "Specimens sentvto the Station from 
Thibodaux. " 
