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TRUCK-CHOP IJSSCJS 
VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Ljstroderes obliquus Klug ) 
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Georgia. T, L, Bisseir (February 25 ): Grubs sent on turnip leaves from 
Pelham, southwestern Georgia, on December 17* 
Mississippi. C, Lyle and assistants (February 23 ): Lnrvho were reported by 
M. M. High as feeding on turnips and mustard in one locality in Harrison 
County on February 6 . Ho reports of injury received from other parts of 
the State, 
Louisiana. C. 0 . Eddy (February 25): Larvae numerous in many parts of southerr 
Louisiana, 
California* • M. W. Stone (January 28 ) : Larvae have severely defoliated 250 
acres of mustard and raalva cover crop in a lemon grove at Ventura. Counts 
showed as many as from 20 to 30 larvae per plant. First adult collected 
today, 
ROUGH STRAW3ERRY ROOT WEEVIL ( Br achyrhinus rugosostriatus Goezc) 
California, E. 0. Essig (February lj): Noted on garden plants in Marin County 
on February 1*3* 
A PILLBUG ( Armadi Hi dlurn vulgare Latr* ) 
Texas. R. K, Fletcher (February 24): Reported in a' garden in Dallas County on 
February 2 , ' This is one of the earliest complaints in our records® 
POTATO 
POTATO TUBER NORM ( Gnorimo schema ooerculella Zell*.) 
Maryland. E. N, Cory (January 19 ) : Rather serious damage has developed in 
some storage potatoes in the counties ‘on the lower Eastern Shore* 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (February 23): Signs of injury to stored potatoes fror 
the spring crop noted in several places along the eastern border of Jackeor 
County on October 22 , 1941. Heavy damage reported in two instances, 
CUCUMBER BEETLES ( Diabrotica, spp.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (February 25): D. ba.ltea.ta Lee., D, duo dec impunc tatr. 
F. , ~nd D, vittata F, have been injuring potatoes in Dado County, The 
larvae dig into the young tubers and seriously damage then. 
Mississippi, T. F, McGeh.ee (February 23 ): Larvae, probably D. baltea.ta , were 
found on November 13 boring into the stems of potatoes, killing the plants 
and destroying the tubers. Adults were found on the leaves. 
