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Utah G. F. Knowlton (May 18): Aphid s are affecting snowballs at 
Oak Creek. 
SPIRAZA. 
GREEN" CITRUS APHID ( Aphis spiraecola Patch) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (May 26): The spiraea aphid lias "been very abun- 
dant at Knight stown and Lafayette and probably elsewhere the 
past month. 
Mississippi K. L. Cockerham (April 23): An unusually heavy infestation 
of aphids was noted on spiraea shrubs in a yard at Biloxi, Miss, 
on April 23. Pyracanthas nearby were also infested. It was 
probably the same aphid which had spread over to these other 
shrub s . 
TAXUS 
BLACK VINE WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus sulcatus Fab. ) 
Connecticut W. E. Britton (May 20): There has been severe injury to 
Taxus plants in nurseries and ornamental plantings by grubs 
eating the roots, in New Haven, Milford, and Waterbury. 
TRITONIA 
A TKRIPS ( Eregmatothrips iridis Watson) 
New York F. F. Smith (October 28, 1931): Collected on hardy Tritonia 
at Hamburg, October 23, 1931. First record in U. S. 
(Det. H. Morrison. ) 
INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Connecticut N. Turner (May 15): In Saybrook in one pool Aedes cantator 
Coq. was unusually abundant; also found in Milford, Stratford, 
last Haven, Madison, and New Haven. (May 20): A. canadensis 
Theob. bred slightly later than usual this year, emergence 
being in progress now. Collected from Orange and Bridgeport. 
Delaware L. A. Stearns (May 23); A State-wide mosquito survey is in 
progress. First-brood of A. c^A^or took wing on salt marshes 
along the Delaware River and Bay during the last week in April. 
Trap collections for the first ten days in May for 15 communities 
