ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES FROM MISSOURI FOR THE SEA- 
SON OF 1889. 
By Mary KE. Murtrenpt, Airkwood, Mo. 
LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 
Dear Sir: I inclose herewith such of my notes and observations on insects as may 
be of economic interest, and in this connection desire to express my sincere thanks 
for determinations and other assistance, for which I am indebted to yourself and to 
others of the official force of the Division. 
Yours, very respectfully, 
- 
Mary E. MurRTFELDT. 
Prof. C. V. RILry, 
U. S. Entomologist. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
The Cabbage Curculio (Ceutorhynchus rapw).—A number of my corre- 
spondents in the central part of the State have intormed me of the 
serious ravages of this insect in their hot-beds and vegetable gardens. 
Mr. I*. M. Webster also wrote me, about the middle of May, that it had 
appeared in his garden in La Fayette, Ind. As yet [ have not found 
it in Kirkwood or vicinity, and as it was with some difficulty that I 
obtained specimens for study, I have not been able to make such tests 
of insecticides upon it as would be practicable in the field. It promises 
to become a general and very considerable pest to the market. gar- 
dener. 
The Wavy-striped Flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata)—This insect ap- 
peared in great numbers this year in all parts of the State, being very 
destructive to peppergrass, early radishes, turnips, cabbage,.and other 
Crucifere during the months of April and May. Mr. 5S. W. Gilbert, of 
Thayer, in the extreme southern part of the State, reported a loss of 
over fifty thousand cabbage-plants from the work of the larvz on the 
roots. I could searcely credit the statement that such extensive injury 
was attributable to this one insect until convinced by specimens of the 
pest, and of the injured plants which were excoriated and channeled on 
the surface of the roots from collar to tip, the foliage also being injured 
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