PEPPER 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Ant h on onus -eugenii Cano) > 
California. J. C. Elnore (April 20 ) : Winter survived on lap t year's pepper plants 
and now infesting blossom buds on new growth in a field in the San Pedro 
hills. 
3EETS 
BEET LEAEHOPPER ( Eutettix tenellus Bak, ) 
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Utah. G. E. Knowlton (April 20): Moderately abundant on Cheirinia repanda in 
Tooele County. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton and E. C. Harms ton (April 20): Aphids seriously damaging 
some sugar beet plants grown for seed in Washington County. 
TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA- BEETLE ( Epitrix parvula E. ) 
Virginia. S. B. Eenne (April 22): Found generally on April 3 and April S at 
Souths ido, causing moderate damage . 
Florida. E. S. Chamberlin (April 5)? Very few found on newly sot tobacco in 
Gadsden County. . ... 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (April l4) : Moderately abundant in plant beds in north- 
central Tennessee. Infestation more severe than in 193E. 
GARDEN FLEAHO^FER ( Halticus citri Ash n. ) 
Florida. E, S, Chamberlin (April 22); Apparently less abundant than normal on 
newly set tobacco plants in Gadsden County. (Det, by H. G. Barber.) 
COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL (A nthononus grandis Boh.) 
South Carolina. E. E. Bandy and C . E. Rainwater (April 22): Some active in 
cases in Florence County but numbers not increasing, because of cool weather. 
No cotton far enough advanced to afford food for weevils. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer and P. A. Glick (April 15) ! Weevils in cag s in Tift, 
Berrien, Cook, Lowndes, and Echols Counties, southern Georgia, show con- 
siderable activity. As high as 1 percent of installation of November 15, 
1938, found active on a single day. Movement out of hibernation undoubted- 
ly delayed by cool weather. None taken in the field. So far as spring 
