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indicated that these insects wore ruining cabbage, mustard, etc. , in his 
garden on August 18. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryne brassicae I. ) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (August 21): Aphid s are very abundant at Eempton and 
Easby on cabbage plants.' 
Utah. G. ?. Knowlton (August 9): The cabbage aphid is damaging cabbage at Roy 
and Icgan, and in other localities. 
MELONS 
MELON WORM ( piaphania hyalinata L. ) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (August 4): The melon worm was observed at Chad- 
bourn for the first time this season on August 4, destroying cantaloupes, 
squash, and cucumbers. 
PICKLE WORM ( Diapiiania ni tidal is Stoll) 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 25): The pickle worm is moderately abundant on 
melons and squash at Mayfield and Lexington. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August -23): ; We have received a few scattered complaints 
about the pickle worm, which is not serious at Columbia. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (August): On August 12 the pickle worm was 
reported as having been destructive in Grenada and Yalobusha Counties for some- 
time. On August 7 it was observed in large numbers in a field of cantaloupes 
in Hinds County. Practically the entire crop was infested. The same insect 
was damaging cantaloupes very seriously at Ridgeland in Madison County on 
August 14. Complaints of injury to cantaloupes and cucumbers have been re- 
ceived recently from Hinds, Lowndes, and Madison Counties. 
STRIPED CUCUMBER B33IL3 (pi abrotica vittata Fab. ) 
Vermont. H. I. Bailey (August 21): The striped cucumber beetle is very abundant 
in general. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (August 21): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
abundant. 
Iowa. H. ~. Jaques (August 23): The striped cucumber beetle is rather abundant 
throughout western Iowa. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 21): The striped cucumber beetle is very abundant 
in eastern and central Nebraska. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 21): Larvae of the striped cucumber beetle were 
found injuring the roots of watermelon at Osage City July 31. Beetles have 
been very destructive to cucurbits during the summer at Manhattan. 
