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Haw. (variegated cutworm) was exceedingly abundant in Sinaloa, 

 Mexico, where it is a serious pest of commercial tomato and pepper 

 plantations. Nezara viridula, L. (southern green plant bug) has again 

 been destructive in southern Alabama. Anthonomiis grandis. Boh. 

 (cotton boll-weevil) is expected to be numerous in Alabama, as about 

 five times the normal number of weevils were alive after the winter. 

 Toxotrypana curvicauda, Gerst. (papaya fruit-fly) was destructive in 

 Florida, causing a loss of 40 per cent, of the crop in one district. 

 Diarthronomyia hypogaea, Lw. (chrysanthemum gall midge) caused 

 serious depredations in Maryland, New York and Massachusetts. 

 Tarsonemus pallidus, Banks (cyclamen mite) was seriously injurious 

 in greenhouses in Baltimore and Philadelphia, attacking cyclamen 

 and snapdragon. Typophorus {Paria) caneUits, F. (strawberry leaf- 

 beetle) is causing considerable trouble among roses in greenhouses in 

 Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. 



A general detailed report of pests occurring chiefly during the 

 month of March is given. 



Britton (W. E.). Twenty-first Report of the State Entomologist 

 of Connecticut for 1921. — Conn. Agric. Expt. Sta.. New Haven, 

 Bull. 234, 1922, pp. 115-188, 7 plates, 5 figs. 



The pests intercepted on nursery stock include : Calophasia lunula, 

 Hb., from France ; a Cryptophagid beetle on Manetti rose from France ; 

 Emphyius cinctus, L., from Holland, France and England ;' Nygmia 

 phaeorrhoea, Don. {Euproctis chrysorrhoea, L.) on apple seedlings 

 from France ; and Lepidopterous larvae from France. The inspection 

 work for the year is described. 



The Anthomyiid, Hylemyia cilicrnra. Rond., caused serious injury 

 to tobacco plants. Although this pest has a large number of food- 

 plants, it has apparently not been recorded from tobacco before. 

 Its increase appears to be favoured by ploughing in clover and lucerne, 

 or even by a heavy application of manure. These conditions, combined 

 with heavy rainfafl and low temperature, appear to be most favourable 

 for its development. The injury may be materiallj^ reduced by shallow 

 covering of the seed in cold wet seasons. 



Heliothis [Chloridea] ohsoleta, F. (corn ear worm) was particularly 

 abundant and widespread during 1921 in Connecticut. An account 

 is given of its life-history and habits. As a rule, the damage done by 

 this moth is so slight that remedial measures are unwarranted, and it is 

 thought improbable that a similar outbreak will occur in the following 

 season. 



Asparagus beetles were unusually abundant during 1921. Crioceris 

 asparagi, L., spreads chiefly by flight of the adults, but probably 

 hibernating beetles or pupae are shipped in asparagus roots or other 

 material and carried long distances. In the northern States there 

 are supposed to be two generations a year ; further south three or four 

 may possibly occur. The adults appear in Connecticut in May, soon 

 after the cutting season begins. Oviposition occurs on the tender 

 shoots and young growth. The eggs hatch in a few days, and the larvae 

 feed on the young foliage. When fully grown they enter the soil 

 for pupation, and the adults emerge about a week later. On Long 

 Island the complete life-cycle requires about 30 days, but this may be 

 shortened or lengthened according to the climate. ' When abundant 



