CABBAGE 
CAB3AGE SEED WEEVIL ( C eut orhynchus asgimilig Payk. ) 
Washington. E. P, Breakey (August 1): Specimens of cahhage seed pods which had 
"been attacked were received from Wahkiakum County. Pods contained ’"ell- 
developed larvae, although damage was apparently light. 
L. G. Smith (August l6) : After visiting a number of cabbage seed fields 
in Skagit County, infestation was estimated to be approximately 25 percent. 
Only a small number of seods in each pod damaged. Nearly all of the larvae 
haye matured and emerged from the pods. Little evidence of paras itizat ion, 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM ( Pieris rapae L. ) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (August 22): Universally present but little damage caused. 
Now York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 28): Less injury to cabbage 
in western New York than at any tine in the last 4 or 5 years. 
CABBAGE LOOPER ( Autographa brassicae Riley) 
New Ifork. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 2l): A fresh emergence of 
cabbage loopers on Long Island during the last week. On Staten Island, two 
fields of cabbage were almost completely destroyed before control measures 
were started. 
HARLEQiriN BUG ( Murgant ia histrionica Hahn) 
Connecticut. R. L. Beard (August 24): Two specimens taken at Mount Carmel, this 
being the only record in Connecticut since 1910. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (August 9)! Round on cabbage at Cumberland. 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 24): Mustard, turnips, and other greens being 
severely injured at Tampa on August 2. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 24); Specimens received from Hinds County on July 
31 and from Washington County on August 19* Reported as rather abundant 
over the southern third of the State and in the northeastern section. 
Collards, cabbage, and related crops infested. 
Kentucky, M. L. Didlake (August 25): Abundant at Moreland. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 15): Found in Kearney County on August l4, when 
•they were in about the fourth or fifth instar., ,,■■■< 
Kansas. H. R. Bry SOn (August 25): Reported as destructive in southeastern Kansas 
and at Hutchinson on turnips and cabbage. More noticed at Manhattan than 
ordinarily seen, but not abundant enough to cause damage, 
Texas. R. K, Fletcher (August 12): Severe injury to turnip in Anderson County. 
