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S. Lockwood (July 9): Responsible for severe damage to 5°0 
acres of sugar beets in. Glenn and Butte Counties, and some loss Las 
occurred in Colusa, and Yolo Countie?. 
WEBWORMS ( Loxostege spp • ) 
South Dakota* H. C. Severin and G. I. Gilhortson (June 2&): L . sticticalis L, 
is causing much trouble in the Black Hills section and in .other isolated 
areas of the State# 
Utah. G. E. Kno\fLton and L. Manwaring (July): On July 15 L# sticticalis 
adults were reported as seriously damaging alfalfa, and gardens, in 
localities in the southern part of Rich County; eggs are abundant and 
beginning to hatch in a beet field at Benson and -at Smithfield* 
On July 19 moths were abundant in some northern localities and in 
foothills 6 miles north of Vernal* 
Wyoming. R, T. Snipes (July): Infestations of D. sticticalis in June 
were the heaviest ever known to occur in the Big Horn Basin area* 
Some beetfields were completely destroyed and damage occurred on beans, 
peas, alfalfa, radishes, and general garden crops, 
Texas. L. W. Uoble (July 5)* Infestations of garden webworm (L. similalis , 
Guen.) previously reported, have about disappeared. 
R. K. El etcher (July 23): L* similalis was present on alfalfa and 
causing extensive injury in Ellis County on July 10* 
WHITE-LINED SPHINX (Sphinx lineata E.) 
Wyoming. B. T. Snipes (July 22): Large numbers reported from Evanston, 
Uinta County, but observed feeding only on dock. (Det. by C. Heinrich.) , 
Utah. E. 0. Harmston and G. E. Knowlton (June 25): Heavy infestation of 
larvae present on range land in Duchesne County* Larva.e a,lso present 
along roadsides, often 1 to 3 P cr square yard, defoliating various 
range plants. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis oblineafus Say) 
Massachusetts, A. I.. Bourne (July 23): Reported as causing a blight to 
blossoms of dahlia.s, peonies, and similar plants, by feeding on 
blossom stems* Usually attack the stem just beneath the bud and cause 
the collapse of the flowering stem at that point. Similar injury, 
noted each year, takes place in pota.to fields# During middle and 
late June, injury to the fruiting stems of raspberries was noted, 
and, at least in one instance in Hampden County, which is the 
southernmost county in the Connecticut Valley area, there was 
rather extensive injury in strawberry plantings, 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July 23): Injury very noticeable on pota,toes in the 
vicinity of Houghton* 
. H. C. Severin and G. I. Gilbertson (June 2S>) : Occurring, in 
South Dakota. 
