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S^XL SH-^IME SORER ( Mel it tie, satyr in if or mis Huebn, ) 
Massachusetts A, I, Bourne (August 23): The squash-vine "borer larvae 
have "been dbserved to "be beginning to leave the plants 
and enter the ground. Infestation throughout the State 
seems to be rather uneven in its extent, In this immediate 
region it is not quite up to normal, and a report from the 
Market Garden Field Station at Lexington states that up 
to the middle of the month little or no evidence of damage 
had been noted. 
Iowa 
ITew York 
Indiana 
Michigan 
Hew York 
Ohio 
Ohio 
E* A. Fenton (July 23): The souashv-vine borer is more 
destructive to squash and pumpkin vines this year than for 
several seasons* The second generation is actively at 
work at the present time* 
QNION 
01JI0U THRIFS ( Thrip s tabaci L. ) 
Roy Latham (August IS): The onion thrips has been reported 
from Orient, attacking cauliflowers and Brussells sprouts. 
Aoun dance as compared with an average year seems to be 
much greater, 
E*. H* Bond (August k) : The onion thrips has been reported 
from Oswego County; nowhere serious. 
J* J* Davis (August 22): The onion thrips has been an onion 
pest of considerable importance in several sections in 
northern Indiana. 
Eugenia McDaniel (August IS): The onion thrips, has been 
reported from a Michigan onion field, where a good percentage 
of the crop has been destroyed, at Charlotte, Mich. 
01TI0N MAGGOT ( Hylemyia ant iqua Ileig.) 
M. D. Leonard (June 2): A little damage is being done to 
young seedlings at Hudson River State Hospital farm at 
Poughkeepsie. 
H. A. Gossard (July 25): An inquiry was received from 
Celina June lS for recommendations to control the onion 
maggot , 
RHUBARB 
RHUBABB CURCU-LIO (Lixus concavus Say) 
H. A, Gossard (July 25): The rhubarb curculio was received from 
Kent June IS, Several specimens were brought to my office 
