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SEED-COyl'T fvIAGGOT ( Hylemr-^a cilicrura Rond.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walkrr and L. R. jindorson (Re’oruary 20); A large nunlDer 
of adults o'oservod flying around in s, field containing rotting cal) cage 
and other decaying organic matter at Norfolk on Eehruary 19 . 
South Carolina. J. -i. Berly (Rchruary 2J): Reported as destructive to 
cahhagc in the vicinity of Ch.arleston. 
W, J. Reid, Jr. (Rehruary 29) J Apparently more abundant and 
injurious than usual in the Charleston area during the current winter 
season. It would appear that the unusually low temperatures, es- 
pecially di.rring January, have served to increase the amount of damage 
done "by the insect. Runcrous rcrorts and observations of its injury 
to recently transplanted cabbage. The species was noted to have des- 
troyed a large percentage of the germinating seed of a January plant- 
ing of peas. Lo\v temperatures and wet soils apparently delayed the 
germination of the peas and caused them to be more susceptible to 
attack by seed-corn maggots. . ' 
iiPHIRS (Aphiidae) 
Delaware. M. D. Leonard (February iS): Young cabbage plants in a green- 
house at Wilmington lightly to moderately infested by Myzus persicae 
Sulz. throughout January and during the first half of February. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. ^inderson (February 20): . Cabbage aphids 
have successfully overwintered on collard.s and Brussels sprouts at 
Norfolk. 
South Carolina. J. a, Berly (Febmaary 27) ! Cabbage aphid observed in 
numbers on cabbage in the vicinity of Charleston. 
BEETS . 
BANDED GREENHOUSE THRIPS ( Hcrcinothrips femoral is Rout.) 
Virginia,. L. D. ,f\nderson (January 4); Specimens collected on beets in a 
greenhouse at Norfolk. (Dot. by F. ihid.re . ) 
TURNIP 
TURNIP APHID ( Rhopalosiphum pseudobrassicae Davis) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (February 20): Present in a 
field of Hanover salad all winter at Norfolk and were observed giving 
birth to young aphids on February I 3 . 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): Specimens on turnins received from 
Issaquena County early in December 1939- 
