Louisiana. 
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PEAS 
PEA APHID (Macro siphum pisi Kltb.) 
E. H. Floyd and C. 0. Eddy (March. 29 ) • Common hut not abundant. 
CABBAGE 
APHIDS ( Aphi i dae ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (March 27)! Pew cabbage aphids present in old 
cabbage and kale fields at Norfolk. Very scarce on young cabbage 
plants carried over the winter for the spring crop. 
SPINACH 
C-REEN PEACH APHID ( My zus persicae Sulz.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (March 27): Very abundant on spinach in the Norfolk 
district last November and early in December but were nearly all killed 
by a fungus disease. Very scarce now. 
STRAWBERRY 
APHIDS ( Aphi i dae ) 
Utah. G. F, Knowlton (March 2l): Aphids are attacking strawberries in 
experimental greenhouse at Logan. 
A SPITTLE BUG ( Philaenus leuc orhthalmus L.) 
Oregon. R. G. Rosonstiel (March 17): First-stage nymphs feeding freely on 
strawberries in the Willamette Valley. 
A RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus sp.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (March 27)1 Very scarce in most strawberry fields 
at Norfolk. 
' PEPPER 
PEPI’E 1 ’ WEEVIL ( Anthonomus eugoni i Cano) 
California. J. C. Elnoro (March 20): Has survived the winter in larger 
numbers than usual in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Adults have 
been found on black nightshade wherever peppers have been grown. 
Collections from 20 plants from 10 localities indicated a range of 
from 0 to 25 weevils, per plant, with an average of 3 P er plant. 
