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California E. 0. Bssig (June 24): The beet leafhopper is moderately 
abundant in the Delta region. 
RHUBARB 
REU3AHB CUKCULIO ( Lixus concavus Say) 
Ohio E. W. Mendenhall (June 23): There is an outbreak in a 
garden at Worthington. The curculios are ruining the plantation 
of rhubrrb. 
S^TEET POTATO 
SWEEP-POTATO WEEVIL ( Cyla s formicarius Fab.) 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (June 15): The sweet-*potato weevil is found 
plentiful in seaside morning-glory at Isle of Caprice, Biloxi. 
MINT 
MINT FLEA BEETLE ( Lon^i tarsus menthauhggus Gentner) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 24): The mint flea beetle was reported 
destructive to mint at Topeka and Cromwell, June 18. 
TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE (EpJLtrix parvula Fab.) 
North Carolina Z. P. Metcalf (-June 20): The tobacco flea beetle is very 
abundant . 
TOMATO WORM ( Pro tor arc e sexta Johan.) 
North Carolina J. II. Tenhet (June 13): The tobacco hornv/orm is more abundant 
than usual this year and is doing considerable damage to tobacco 
at Chadbourn. 
TOBACCO THRIPS ( Frankliniella fusca Hinds) 
Florida F. S. Chamberlin (June 20): The tobacco thrips are more 
abundant than normal. The tobacco* ;crop in this region will 
sustain a certain amount of damage- which can not be determined 
at this time. 
