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POTATO LEL’J’HOPPj]]?. ( Tlr.poasc a falja c Harr.) 
l^Tew York. N. Y. Stote Coll, ITcv;s Let-'or (J^rly 28): On Long Island 
leafhoppcrs on pot<atocs havo riultipliod to such an entent that con- 
sidcrahle danago has heen caused in some fields, (August 4): In 
Sp,ratoga Countg a sna.ll planting of potatoes ha.d the heaviest infesta.- 
tion ever ohserved hy the reporter. In v^estern ITev; York, leajflioppers 
arc ra.pidly incrca.sing in nun.hcrs in the Tulip section of Cortland 
Conntv, (Aupast li): Hunerous in ^apme and Orleans Counties, and 
serious tiphurn ohserved in the latter county, 
Minnesota,, A. G, Ruggles, ct al, (Au.gust 13)j Very r.hundant on potatoes, 
"beans, and sinila.r crops in S^^int Paul and Minneapolis, ca.using severe 
tiphurn in untrea.ted aneas, "Very a-hun-dant at Lalve Pank, in Becker 
County, and at Hinckley, in Pine County, 
A LJL'JhCEPPER ( Bnpoanca f ilancnta BeL, ) 
Utah. G, P. Knov/lton (August 5)‘ Danaging pota,to foli a,ge at Richfield and 
Elsinore, 
POTATO P3YLLID ( Paratrioza cockerelli Sulc) 
Wj^oning, B, T, Snipes (July jO): Heaa^r danage by the pota^to psyllid 
( Paratri oza. cockerelli Sulc) ha,s occurred in untrea^ted potato fields 
in Pank, Goshen, and Sheridan Counties, 
APHIDS (Anhiidae) 
Connecticut, IT, Turner (Autpust 22): Macro siphux: solanifolii Ashn. appe an 
to be none nur.erous on tonatoes than usual. Reported an causing seri- 
ous dana.go in sono instances, 
Hev/ York, IT, Y, State Coll. Agr, Hews Letter (August 19 )j On Long Island 
there v;as very little ap'hid rdgration fron such crop>s as potatoes dur- 
ing the v/eek of Judy 7» and v/hen they "began noving to smaller vegetables 
during the week of July l4, diseases had already "begun to thin their 
ranks. By Jul^^ 20 it v.ns d.ifficult to find, live specimens on potatoes. 
On Au,~.:.st 12 the populations on some tomato fieldn on Staten Island 
were still ra.ther high. In Ua.^mo County, western New York, aphid.s 
were nuiaerous in some spots on August 11, 
UtaJi, G, P, Knov/lton (August 2): Myzus porsicae Sulz, is moderately a"bun- 
dant on potatoes examined at Logan, and an occasional plant was hea.vily 
infested. (Augiist 24): M, per sic an v;a.s moderately a.hundant on mosaic- 
infected motatocs a.t Plowell, 
