Calii'"?rnia. A. E. MicholTDncher (Octobor ig): Serious dnriaf^e is "bein^ done 
to tomatoes \>y the corn oar v^crn in seyoral localitios in central 
Cr'lifornia. A surycy of Sacranontn aud Yolo Co-unties on Sei-tenber ?.J 
and 2S rhor;ed the infcftation in c^enoral to ran^-e fron 2 to 8 x-crccnt. 
In a ami-ic field nc;:r Sacrar.iento 2^ rorccnt of the fruit r/r s inio?tcd, 
a snail anount of th.j daria'-e in this field "beinj? caused by the larvae 
of the '■u<.~;ar beot nvnyvjom ( Lnphy^no oxi- -'i-ia Rbn.)« In ^ nonbsr of tho 
fields exanined tho infestation ras apiarcntly incrcrvSin/r-. In tho San 
Fraucisco pa/ dipti-jct infestations as high as 25 rsi^cent have been 
encoLintoi'oc' in tv-'o fields. The infestation continur.s hi..';h and th^ro aro 
nany plant in-;n in ti'hich 10 per cent or nore of the fruit is dana/:';ed. 
In the Brontvv'ood district the corn oar \7orn infestation has been rather 
cnall, although it is incrsasinc rather rapidly. Many snail 'mma arc 
shoT/in;^ up ond the infestation nay exceed 10 percent in sone fields. 
SOUTHERiT B2ZJ? YEBV.'Oiyi ( Fachyzar.cla biivgnc talis F. ) 
South Carolina.. C 0. Bare (October 15) : G-ardon boots havinrr the tops alr.ont 
conplocoly dosnroyed by the sc"othern beet vrabworru^ ^vere brought "to tho 
laboratory fron a corinercial planting at Charleston. Anaranthus v/ocds 
hc-'ve also been entirely defoliated. This insect is nore abundant than 
ur/aal. 
CUCUISSR BEETLES (Piabrctica spp.) 
Missouri. L. Hasonan (Octo^^er 21): Durin._^ tho first half of tho nonth the 
striped cucuiibor beetle (L. vitta-Qa ) and the spotted cucuifoer beetle 
D. duodecirp '.u '.ctata ?. ) wore noro abundant than I liave seen then in 
nany years, but during tho la,ttor half of tho nonth they have been lors 
abundant, ivrosunably be.Ti.mini:; x.o ni:-;ratc to \7inter q-aartors. 
Mississippi. J. S. Lee (October 2U): D. vittata and D. •. d o c i np un c t a t r r/crc 
fairly r^bandant ^n fall cucunbers and iesr i^uner^uc on late beans in 
Lanar C'-unty. 
SOUTHEPII QTZ-m STIIIKBUG (Fezara vijidpaa L.) 
Florida. J. P.. Vfatson (October 22) t Tiic southern /rrcen stihlcbu-; has been 
scarcer tl-uan -"o have ever knoT.'n at this tine of year. P;i.rasiti^aticn 
by Trichoprdn ponnipos F. runs as hif;h as 50 p-jrcent. This seers to 
hold for the entire paninsula. 
Texas. F. L. Th^nas (October 1^): Fifty heads of hogari oxanined: 121 adul.tf 
and nynphs; nany notin--7; e^AS present. Found on ho.jrari at Cancron, 
IU1.-1T\ County, and on vegetables in Kilfjore, C-r9«L;r: Coutity, October 7. 
FALS3 CHIi'TGH BTJ& (rJysius ericae Schill.) 
Geor£-ia. T. L. Bisaell (October 2}).i Loaves of tui'nip gronin/^ by the Flint 
2liv3r,- near Alvaton, Merivvcther Co-ontv, arc heavily injured by adults 
of a sn.nli Vji.r- believed to bo N. ericae . 
