TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE (Egitrix parvula F. ) 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (July 19 ) 2 Scarcer in north-central Tennessee, than 
for many years. Moderate damage early in the season in an occasional 
plant bed, hut present infestation hardly exceeds three per plant. 
HOENWOEMS ( Protoparce spp. ) 
Hew York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July. 29): Tobacco worms are 
beginning to appear on tobacco in Onondaga County, western New York, 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (July 23 ) '• First-brood hornworms at Chatham reported 
as having disappeared from tobacco fields about July 19* 
Tennessee. L, B. Scott (July 19 ): Larvae of P. quinqueroaculata Haw. and 
P. sexta Johan, were very abundant for a short period early in June, 
causing severe damage to newly planted tobacco, in north-central 
Tennessee. Practically no larvae on tobacco for the last month. Traps 
have caught less than 10 percent of the number caught during the same 
period in 1939* Examination of 200 random plants in 10 fields today 
disclosed 1 egg and no larvae. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (July 25): Tobacco insects generally very scarce, 
Hornworms averaged about 1 per 300 plants in July. Counts were made at 
Lexington. 
STALK BOEEE ( Papaipema nebris nit.ela Guen, ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 27): On July 8 an outbreak occurred in 
tobacco fields in Hadley, a town adjoining Amherst. Young plants, 
principally along the marginal row® were attacked by young larvae that 
were migrating from vreeds along the edges of the fields. Most damage 
confined to the first two or three rows.. Injury noticed in only one or 
two fields, 
Alabama. J. M. Eobinson (July l6): Reported on tomato at Brookside on June 10 
Indiana, J. J. Davis (July 26): Very abundant, especially in the northern 
half of the State. First reports received on June 26 and continuing to 
be received. In most instances the hosts reported have been oats, 
corn, and wheat, there being scattered reports of vegetable and flower 
crops. 
TOBACCO BUBWOEM ( Heliothis virescens F. ) 
Florida. F. L. Chamberlin (July 18): Abundant throughout the season in 
Gadsden County. Tobacco tops and suckers heavily infested. 
