FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nys itis cric5.e Schill# ) 
Mississippi. M, L. Grines (October 26):- Injury to turnips recently obseryod in 
the vicinity of Meridian, Lauderdale County, 
GEEEN STINKBUG ( Acrosternum hilar is Say) 
Alahana, J, M. Hohinson (October 22): On'.beans-af- Auburn on October 20, 
POTATO .i\ND . TOMATO . 
COEN EAR U0R]1.1 ( Heliothis obsoleta P, ) 
Virginia. H. G, Ualker and L. D. Aiders on (October 28): More abundant and caused 
more damage to fall snap beans than they have for several years at Norfolk, 
Ohio, T, H. Parks (October 2U) : Considerable injury occurred early in October 
to shipped* tonatoos, A dealer at Cincinnati reported injury developing 
comonly ?iftor the fruits ^ere placed in the ripening chambers, 
N, F, Ho-^/ard (October 24): On- October 22 a heav^'’ infestation was seriously 
damaging tomato'^s in one of- the Ohio State University horticultural green- 
houses at Columbus. The morns were feeding on fruits and foliage but the most 
severe injury was caused by the tunneling of larvae in the stems toward the 
tips, causing daaage, which at first glance one would attribute to th--' work 
of the stalk borer, 
Kansas, H, R, Brysnn (October 28): Caused some injury to late tomato plants dur- 
inc: the latter uart of Septonbor, All of the larvae had pupated by October 
25. 
Utah, G, F, Knowlton (October 5); Very few tomato fruitworm moths have cone to 
tra]p lights in Utah during 1933. A moderate increase in fruitworm injury 
to tomatoes ho.s been rep'orted by several northern Utah farmers, and this con- 
forms. to field observations, 
California, A, E, Michelbacher (October 20): Over most of the • tomato- producing 
area of northern California tm infestation failed to develop. Tomato fields 
in San Joaquin County were surveyed on September ZJ and the a;-.iount of fruit 
infested was, in general, ' loss tha.n 2 percent. The highest infestrotion was 9 
percent, A number of fields observed in S-acranento Gcmity on October 13 
showed only about 1 percent of tho fruit infested. Infestation in Yolo County 
..on, October l4 ranged from 0 to 22 percent, the infestation in most fields being 
3 p'.^rcent or more. In several fiolds .it ran. between 6 and 8 percent, and 
only in a single field was a 22-percent infest.ation encountered. Infestation 
at Brentwood, Contra Costa County, is extremely light. At Picosanton, Alameda* 
County, infestation in undustod fields averaged about 2 p.^rcont. No fruits 
wore found inf. 's ted in tomato fi-olds .around Madera, Madera Gount*y, on October 
6, According to a survoy on October 26, only a very snail amount of fruit was 
found infested in Merced County. The infested fri’it in the different fields 
ranged from 0 to 3.5 percent. Fruit infested in different fields in Alameda 
County ranged from 1,0 to 9*5 percent. In a surve^^ of tomato fields in 
