EXPERIMENT STATION EEPORT. 547 



Potato hugs were first reported May lOtili, from Warrenville, 

 Sussex county, where they were "just beginning to appear;" Wood- 

 bury, Gloucester county; Marlton, Burlington county, and Bridge- 

 ton, Cumberland county, where they were already numerous and de- 

 structive. May 23d, Beverly, Burlington county; Woodbury, Glou- 

 cester county, and Canton, Salem count}', report trouble and complaints 

 of injury. May 30th, reports of injury came from Kingston, Somer- 

 set county ; Berlin, Camden county, and Cold Springs and Cape May, 

 Cape May county. June 6th, records were mainly from up-state — 

 Charlotteburg, Passaic county; Warrenville, Somerset county, and 

 Cranford, Union county. June 13th, only Layton, Sussex county, 

 marks them as "destructive." June 20th, only Charlotteburg, Passaic 

 county, and South Bound Brook, Somerset county, were having 

 trouble, while on the 27th only Newton, Sussex county, reports 

 "potato bugs very destructive," and that is the last record for the 

 season. 



Asparagus heetles were first reported as numerous May 23d, from 

 Bound Brook, Somerset county, and on June 20th they were injuring 

 young patches at Hazlet, Monmouth county. The third and last note 

 com^s from Cold Springs, Cape May county, where, on July 25th, the 

 beetles were "very destructive." 



Root maggots were unusually troublesome both on onions and cab- 

 bage, and some of this is reported. The first item is from Bridgeton, 

 Cumberland county, where, on May 30th, the onion maggot was "very 

 destructive." June 13th, the same insect was "bad in places" near 

 Rancocas, Burlington county, and on the 20th it was "very destruc- 

 tive" at Farmingdale, Monmouth county, a statement which is re-" 

 peated July 5th. June 27th, the cabbage maggot was reported from 

 Hazlet, Monmouth county, and on August 8th, Moorestown, Burling- 

 ton county, states that the injury to cabbage is "very severe." 



Rose-bugs were first noted at Rancocas, Burlington county, de- 

 stroying grape buds. June 20th and July 5th, Paterson, Passaic 

 county, reports "much," and Vineland, Cumberland county, "slight," 

 injury to vineyards. In view of the fact that this insect appeared in 

 gi'eater numbers than for many years past, this is a very scant record. 



Among other insects that appeared locally or attracted attention 

 only once is the currant worm, which was reported May 23d from 

 Bergen Point, Hudson county, though it actually occurred more or 

 less throughout the State. So the Aphis on peach trees, reported at 



