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Pennsylvania. H. II. Worthley (May 2): Eggs laid between April 29 and May 2 
at State College, about 10 days after first setting of early cabbage. 
(May 2l): Elies still laying eggs on early set cabbage at State 
College. Maggots found on May lb in stems of untreated plants. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (May 24): Tory abundant and destructive in northern- 
Illinois. 
Washington. L. G. Smith (April 30 ) i Three, out of about 20 infested home 
gardens on Naches Heights, Yakima, 'reported 50 percent infestation 
of maggots in radishes harvested. 
APHIDS (Aphiidao) 
Pennsylvania. H. II. Worthley (May 2l): Colonies now forming on ca.rly cabbage 
at State College, but not numerous enough to cause injury. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (May 22) J Many fields of seed 
kale ruined because of abundance of cabbage aphids. Also very abundant 
in many cabbage fields in the Norfolk area and on the Eastern Shore. 
Ohio. R. H. Nelson (May): Light to very heavy infestations developed on- 
plantings at South Point during May. 
Washington. L. G. Smith (April 2l): Infestations just starting on tips of 
cabbage seed plants in Skagit County. A few stalks were in bloom. 
Writer observed some completely infested plants on one farm, and 
colonies of aphids which were just getting started on the tips at 
another farm in the vicinity. 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci Lind.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 22): Very severe in a field of cabbage in the 
Sanford section, in Seminole County. 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS BEETLES ( Crioceri s spp.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May) : Crioceris asparagi L. 
was active in Oneida, • Onondaga, end Oswego Counties. Parasites found 
at Fulton on May lS. Beetles depositing eggs on Long Island. 
Pennsylvania. B. F. Coon (May 22): Larvae and adults of jC. asparagi are 
feeding on asparagus at Lancaster. Population small. Six adults of 
duo de cimpunct at a L. were taken from an old e.sparagus plant at 
Lancaster. 
H. N. Worthley (May 2l) : Adults of C_. duodecimpunctata, and 
U. asparagi w ere first seen on asparagus at Stake College on about 
May 10. Eggs of the la.ttor were observed on May 17* 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 24): Present on o.sparagus in Harford and 
Baltimore Counties. 
