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the pod .and- the withdrawal of the sap from the developing seeds. Both 
species seem to be well distributed in the United States, occurring from 
New England southward to Florida and westward to California. : Heretofore 
neither species has been recorded as of ■ any economic importance. 
VARIEGATED ERITILLARY 
. Larvae of the variegated f ritillary ( Euotoieta claudia Cram. ) destroyed 
a large portion of a 13-acre patch of 'soybeans and lesser areas of snap 
beans, corn, sweetpotatoes, and cowpeas during early July in eastern 
Tennessee. These fields had a considerable growth of passion-flower vines, 
which seems to be the preferred food plant. Late in September larvae were 
collected on privet ( Ligustrum sp. ) at Beizoni, Miss. 
PEA. APHID 
Late in February and March the pea aphid ( illinoia pi si Halt.) became 
very troublesome in the Salt River Valley in Arizona., where it attacked 
peas, alfalfa, and vetch, and in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where it 
attacked vetch. During March it appeared in outbreak numbers in southern 
California and during April in parts of Hansas. and northeastern' Arizona 
with isolated infestations reported from Mississippi. During May it was 
quite generally reported from widely scattered localities throughout the 
country, although the outbreaks were limited in extent. During June late 
peas in Wisconsin were carrying the heaviest infestation recorded in the 
last 8 years, and during July this insect destroyed practically the entire • 
canning pea crop in the eastern part of Michigan and was causing considerable 
damage to peas in northern and western Hew York. -.-.• During late October the 
aphid started to increase again in Wisconsin to b#\'far the largest infestation 
experienced in the fall since 1922. 
CABBAGE*' .MAGGOT -. '.'-'■■ ■ 
Eggs of the cabbage maggot .( Hylemy-ia hr assica e Bouche) werfe found on 
cabbage in Pennsylvania during the first week in May, and egg laying was 
well under waj r in central Hew York by the middle of the month. The first 
egg laying in Massachusetts was observed on May 6 and in Connecticut on 
May 15. By the end of May .this insect was damaging from 5. to. 25 per cent 
of the cabbages in parts of Connecicut, one grower alone losing between 
2,000 and 3,000 plants. The maggot became so serious in central and western 
Hew York that unscreened cabbage beds were quite generally damaged from 16 ■ 
to 50 per cent and in a few cases all of the plants were destroyed. Similar 
serious depredations were reported from Hew Jersey, where the insect was 
said to be worse than it had been for several years. Other States reporting 
damage by this insect were Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Montana. 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM . ■' ' 
During the latter part of February the first adults of the imported 
cabbage worm (( Pierr.s ) Ascia rapae L. ) 'were observed in the. fields as far 
north as Horth Carolina and Missouri. Early in April the first adults were 
observed in Hebraaka and by this time they were becoming very plentiful in 
the Southern States. In early May the adults had been observed in Horth 
