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CABBAGE 
DIAMONDBACK MOTH ( Piute 11a maculipennis Curt . ) 
Michigan. E. I. McDaniel (September 23): Abundant in cabbage fields at Mentha. 
CABBAGE LOOPER ( Autographa brass icae Riley) 
Ney York. H. Glasgow (September 23): Unusually abundant on late cabbage in 
Ontario County, western New York, Severe injury began to be apparent the 
last week in August and has steadily increased until serious damage is now 
general, 
Texas. M. J. Janes (August 22): Half-grown larvae beginning to cause serious dam- 
age to mustard in Galveston Countv. 
HARLEQUIN BUG ( Murgantia histr ionica Hahn) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 25): Common on cabbage and broccoli early in 
September in the vicinity of Lexington, 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 25): Reports of injury to turnips and collards 
received from the Meridian district, 
APR EDS ( Aph i i dae ) 
Georgia. T. Thompson (September 20): Severe damage to collards observed in 
Brooks, Mitchell, and Thomas Counties, southern Georgia. 
SQUASH 
SQUASH BORER ( Melittia satyr inif ormis Hbn. ) 
Massachusetts. A, I. Bourne (September 22): Moderately abundant, judging from 
condition of crop. 
SQUASH BUG ( An os a tristis Deg. ) 
Minnesota. A, G. Buggies (August): Observed on pumpkin at Clarkfield; on squash 
at Saint Paul and at Minneapolis. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (September 26): Squash bugs began to reek winter quarters 
around the middle oi September in central Missouri, owing to the severe 
drought. 
Nebraska, D, B, -.helan (September l4); All stages common on squash at Lincoln 
l n te in August and early in September. 
Kansas. H. R. B r -son (September 23): Sufficiently abundant to be the determining 
factor in the production of squash in the vicinity of Manhattan and in other 
rue --Browing areas. Especially injurious to the squashes and pumpkins re- 
maining in the field after the vines have been destroyed. 
