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STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY LEAP HOLIER ( Ancyl is comptana Eroel. ) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September l4) : Reported on September 4 as attacking straw- 
"berry plants in Hall County. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT APHID ( Aphis forbesi Weed) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (September l6): Reported as attacking strawberries in Princes* 
Anne County. 
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SWEETPOTATO WEEVIL ( Cylas formicarius E. ) 
General, B. M. Gaddis (September l4) ; Survey made of over 500 properties outside 
the regulated areas in Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, In Texas a survey 
of 46l properties in 43 counties, including a commercial area in eastern 
Texas, resulted in finding 3 infestations, which were located in Brazos 
County. Within the regulated areas of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and 
Texas, 11 infested properties were located in August, 
Georgia. K. L* Cocker ham (September 16 ) : Specimens apparently killed by some dis- 
ease, Collected at Saint Simons and Sea Islands. 
Elorida, J. R. Watson (September 2l): Sent in from Trenton, Gilchrist County* 
Infestation apparently rather severe. 
SWEETPOTATO LEAE BEETLE ( Typpphorus vi rl dicyan eus Crotch) 
Georgia. T. Thompson (September 18); Erom minor to medium damage to tubers of the 
new crop of sweetpotatoes prior to harvest in Colquitt, Grady, and Thomas 
Counties, southern Georgia. n 
SUGAR BEETS 
B-fcET WEBWORM ( Loxoste^e s ticticalis L. ) 
Kansas, H. R. Bryson (August 30); Reported as abundant at Hays and Ellis and as 
causing considerable defoliation to Russian- this tie. No recent reports of 
injury to field crops. 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (August 31 ); Injury not severe in sugar beet fields at Price 
and Greenriver. Some coming to trap lights at Syracuse and Logan. 
HAWAIIAN BEET TOM OEM ( Hymen ia fascial is Cron.) 
. M. J. Jones (August 23 ): Pound on beets and weeds in Galveston County. 
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