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PALM 
A WEEVIL ( Rhyso v^-ho ru s cruentatus Fab. ) 
E. W. Berger & (J. B. Merrill (May 24).: PaLm weevil 
moderately abundant at Delray on Phoenix canariensis . Reported 
"by J. C. Goodwin. 
ROYAL PALM BUG ( Xylastodoris luteolus Barber) 
E. W. Berger & G. B. Merrill (May 24): Royal palm bug 
very abundant at Miami on royal palms. Reported by J. C. Goodwin. 
RHODODENDRON 
AN AMBROSIA BEETLE ( Corthylus punctatissimus Zimm. ) 
E. P. Pelt (May 24): The pitted ambrosia beetle lias been 
reported from several southern New England localities, and 
on Long Island, N.Y., it is stated that a group of 300 
rhododendrons shows practically every stem infested. In 
some cases the infestation is so severe that the stems will 
have to be removed. 
RHODODENDRON LACEBUG ( Stephanitis rhododendri Horv. ) 
E. N. Cory (March 17): The rhododendron lac o Lug lias beer/ 
reported' at Baltimore. . / 
ROSE 
'A ECJCOSMID ( Argyroploce nimbatana Clem. ) 
C. Lyle (May 21): Specimens of the rose budworm were 
received from Grenada on May 5. 
ROSE APHID ( Macrosiphum rosae L. ) 
E. 0. Essig (Ma3 r 20): The rose aphis has been very abundant 
and destructive in the San Erancisco Bay Region, in May. 
SNOWBALL 
SNOWBALL APHID ( Aphi s viburnicola Gill.) 
J. J. Davis (May 26): The snowball aphid has been as abun- 
dant as usual at Knight stown and Lafayette, and probably else- 
where the past month. 
