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A STINK3UG ( Cosnopepla bimaculata Thos*) 
North Carolina. G. B. Merrill (August): Very numerous, especially on mullein, in 
the Valle C rue is area, Watauga County. Elevation around 3,000 feet. 
HORNW OHI^S ( Protoparce spp. ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (September 3) 5 A few tomato hornworns on pinionto pepper 
at Experiment, central Georgia. They eat leaves and fruit, feeding largely 
on the stems and the basal part of the fruit. 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (September 15): Very numerous on and doing damage to morning- 
glories in western Texas. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (September 22); In the Brentwood area during the 
last week there has been a light builcUup of homworra larvae on tomato, damage 
done only in isolated spots. 
LESSER CORNSTALK BORER ( Slasmopalpus lignosellus Zell.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August 29 ) t Larvae found at Norfolk attacking strawberry 
plants near the surface of the ground. They were cutting off the leaves and 
causing the plants to die. (Det. by C. Heinrich.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 31) s Reported on beans at Port Payne. 
GREENHOUSE WHITEPLY ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westw. ) 
Michigan. R, Hutson (September 27):' This whitefly destroyed about 3 acres of 
cucumbers in a field near Grand Rapids, Kent County, during the first part of 
September. 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 24); Remarkably little injury caused by this 
insect throughout the State. 
Mississippi. J’. Milton (September 23): Reported as attacking the fall crop of 
potatoes in the Jackson district, but no serious damage observed-. 
Oklahoma. R. G. Dahms (September 20 ): Reported as doing damage to eggplant in 
Comanche County. 
PALSE POTATO 3EiiiTLE ( Lept inotarsa juncta Germ. ) 
North Carolina. G. B. Merrill (A-ugust): Pairly numerous on solnnaceous plants in 
the Valle Crucis area, Watauga County. Elevation around 3,000 foet. 
