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HARLEQUIN BUG ( jfargpr tie histrionica E^.hn) 
Mississippi R, ~. Earned (July 8): Occasional complaints are still being 
received, in regard to the harlequin cabbp.ge "bug. This insccc 
was reported as ouite abund?..nt on cabbage at Krcole, in Jackson 
County, on June 22. 
'ew Mexico J. R. Douglass (July 19): The harlequin cabbage bug has appeared 
in greater numbers at Estancia this season than since 1923. 
STRAWBERRY 
WHITE GRUBS (Phyll onha,?a spp. ) 
ansas J. "7. kc Col loch (July IS): White grub injury to strawberries has 
been reported from Wellington and Clearwater during the last week. 
GRAPE COLASPIS ( Colas? i s brunr.ea Fab. ) . 
ndiana Harry P. DIetz (July 23): Perhaps the most notable insect pest 
of southern Indiana was one of the strawberry root worms, Cq_lasp_is 
brunnea Pab. Most of the strawberries examined in the sowo-i.-e st- 
em part of the State looked as if they had been drilled with shot 
due to the feeding of the adults of this insect. Hot orly did 
this insect feed on strawberries but it was found to be feeding 
on beans, melons of various kinds, and grape. 
STRA7TBEHRY LF.-^P ROLLER Uncylis soma tana Pro hi . ) 
ndiana J. J. Davis (July 23): Reported damaging strawberry at Borden, 
July 20. 
tah George P. Knowlton (July 2): The strarberry leaf roller is doing 
slight damage to patches in Davis and Salt Lake Counties. 
regon Don C. Mote (June 16): All leaves rolled, larvae nearing maturity, 
only 2 pupae observed. One four-acre 4- year-old patch 100 per cent 
infested, meaning every plant with one or more leaves attacked. 
T~o smaller younger beds nearby 10 and 20 per cert infestation, 
respectively. 
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. ASPARAGUS BEETLE ( Crioceris asparagi L. ) 
w York C. R. Crosby and assistants: Moderate infestation in Orange County 
was found in several plantings. 
Lsconsin S. b. Fracker (July 10): At Waukesha and Milwaukee there was less 
than the usual amount of dam.p.ge to asparagus. 
