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ABGUS TOUTOISE "SETLE ( Chelyrorpha cassidga Pah.) 
J. M. Langston (June 16): Inspector H. 3. Deen sent us 
larvae from Shannon with the report that -a snail area in an 
acre of sweetpotatoes was s tripped"- 'of "leaves hy these insects, 
■ HOUSSaADISH " 
DIAM0ND*3ACK MOTH : ( Plutolla maculi-ennis Curt. ) 
N. J. State Coll. of Agi*.', Weekly ; News Letter (July';?): The 
larvae of the diamond-hacked moth have become tired of the 
diet of cabbage and are attacking plantings of horseradish, 
in Monmouth County. 
SPINACH 
EGGPLANT LACSEUG ( Garga^hia solani Heid.) 
1 , — r ' 
G. E. Gould (July 24): The eggplant laeehug is causing 
considerable damage to eggplants in the Norfolk district. 
EGGPLANT LEAP MIKEA ( Ihthorimaea glo chine 11a Zell.) 
"H. G. Walker and G. E. Gould (July 24):- The eggplant leaf 
miner was observed to be abundant in several fields in the 
Norfolk district. In one field examined every plant had at 
least a few larval mines in the leaves* some plants showed 
severe injury while several others were practically dead. 
PiED 3PTDEA ( Tetran melius telarius L.) 
K. G. Walker and G. E. Gould (July 24): Bed spiders were 
found to be very numerous on eggplants in a field near Nor- 
folk. They were causing slight damage. 
3SST3 
DEBT WE3WCPM ( Loxostege sticticalis L.) 
J. A. Munro (July 18): The beet webworm has been active in 
nearly all the counties bordering the Pied Pdver Valley. Moths 
from the first brood are appearing. It has been very injur- 
ious to beets and also re-ported as feeding on Hussian thistle 
and a few species <->f garden plants. 
2. W. Gjullin (Juno 30): Sugar beet webwoms are very abund- 
ant. Distribution is general. 
