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FALSE CELERY LEAF TIER (Udea profundalis ) - CALIFORNIA - Larvae and adults heavy 

 in 40 acre planting of bell peppers in Patterson area, Stanislaus County. Major 

 infestation first and second instar larvae. Larger ready to pupate larvae noted. 

 Damage evident. This is new host record. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.), 



COLORADO POTATO BEETLE (Leptinotarsa decemlineata ) - COLORADO - Adults and larvae 

 increased up to 24 per 10 sweeps in some fields in Weld County. (Hantsbarger) . 



A WEEVIL (Pantomorus taeniatulus ) - ALABAMA - During period ending August 13, 

 noted unusual damage to 30 acres of potatoes in Jackson County. Larvae (several 

 instars) damaged 15 percent of tubers in field, ranged 1-14 holes per tuber and 

 up to 1.5 inches deep. Some larvae still in tubers. Field fallow during 1970. 

 (Gardenhire, Dulaney) . 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



CABBAGE LOOPER ( Trichoplusia ni) - MARYLAND - Moths increasing in blacklight trap 

 at Hurlock, Dorchester County. (U. Md., Ent . Dept . ) . 



DETECTION 



New North American Record - A LEAFHOPPER ( Euscelis ohausi (Wagner)) - OREGON - 

 Benton County. (pT 616) . 



New State Records - AN EURYTOMID WASP ( Eudecatoma marylandica ) - PENNSYLVANIA - 

 Schuylkill County, (p. 622) . A TREEHOPPER ( Gargara genitsae ) - OREGON - Benton 

 County, (p. 616). 



New County Records - AN APHID ( Panaphis juglandis ) CALIFORNIA - Butte (p. 621). 

 AN ARMORED SCALE (Phenacaspis cockerelli ) SOUTH CAROLINA - Horry (p. 622). AN 

 ARMORED SCALE ( Parlatoria crotonis ) FLORIDA - Gadsden (p. 622). A EULOPHID WASP 

 (Tetrastichus incertus ) OHIO - Guernsey, Coshocton (p. 624). GYPSY MOTH 

 (Porthetria dispar ) NEW MEXICO - Monroe, Seneca (p. 624). MIMOSA WEBWORM 

 (Homadaula~anisocentra ) OKLAHOMA - Pushmataha (p. 622). NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM 

 (Diabrotica longicornis ) NORTH CAROLINA - Yadkin, Wilkes, Surry, Stokes; 

 TENNESSEE - Morgan (p. 615) . WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM (Loxagrotis albicosta ) KANSAS - 

 Scott, Gove, Rawlins (p. 615). WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ( Diabrotica virgifera ) 

 UTAH - Box Elder (p. 615). 



Weather of the week continued from page 612. 



TEMPERATURE : Clear skies prevalied over most of the Nation early in the week. 

 Temperatures averaged near seasonal , except somewhat warmer than normal over the 

 northern Great Plains, where Havre, Montana, registered lOl" and Mobridge, North 

 Dakota, 99° Monday afternoon. The Far Southwest warmed to 100° or higher on most 

 days. Daggett, California, recorded 108° Tuesday afternoon. Early autumn chill was 

 noted in the central Rocky Mountains. The mercury at Big Piney, Wyoming, tumbled 

 to 28° Thursday morning. The minimums over the East ranged from the 40 's and 50 's 

 along the Canadian border, to the upper 60 's and 70 's from Texas to the Carolinas, 

 Georgia, and Florida. Bradford, Pennsylvania, recorded 39° Tuesday morning. 

 Maximums over the East ranged from the 70 's in the Great Lakes region and New 

 England to the 80 's and low 90 's in the Deep South. A warming trend occurred in 

 Northeast and by Thursday afternoon temperatures in the 80 's became widespread. 

 Rochester, New York, recorded 91° Thursday afternoon. The northern Great Plains 

 warmed over the weekend. Numerous stations in the Dakotas and Nebraska registered 

 100° or higher on Saturday or Sunday. Temperature at Philip, South Dakota, 

 reached 106° Sunday afternoon. The relative humidity increased in the Southwest 

 and the Southeast continued warm and humid. The weekly mean temperatures were 

 mostly below normal across the southern third of the Nation and warmer than normal 

 over the northern two thirds. Parts of the northern Great Plains averaged 6° to 

 10° warmer than normal . 



