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in the Bradenton section of Manatee. CoLinty. 
Indiana. G. S. G-ouId ('OctolDor 20): ' Ca'bta.'^G loopcrs wore destructivo in 
iVc^-ast rnd early in Septerfoor out were chec'^ed later by "bacterial diseace. 
MisEQ-iri. L. Ho.sennn (October 21): Cabbaf^^e loopcrs ho.ve been abundc-nt, 
associated with connon cabba;.'e wcrTis on cabbage and related cropr^ durinf^ 
the nonth, 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 2^) ; The cabbage loopcr ',vas causing severe 
da:.ia{i'e to lutabai^as on Scptonbor 2^ at ii'lorencc. 
DlAIiOIDBACK I-IOTH (pj-qtella naculipennis Curt.) 
Tonnessevj. G. M. Bentle^/ (Cctcbor 23): Three years ar'^o the diancndback mcth 
was very abundant in our coni'uercial cabbage-^"rowin£- soctionf. of western 
[Tennessee, boin-'^ brought in prinarily on plants parchosed out .of the 
State. Durin{^ the last 2 years the gror/ors v'ould not accept plants 
'.7ith the dianondback moth and, as a result, there has been no apparent 
in.j"ary fron it this yerr. 
Virginia. H. G-. Walker (October 26): The larvae have been very destructivo 
to nany kale and collard fields during the prst nonth. 
CAB3AG3 APHID ( Srevicor yne brassicao L.) 
Virginia. H. G. V/rlker (October 26): The cabbage aphid is rather scarce at 
Norfolk but is increasing and nay caur.Q sone darage binder favorable 
weather condit inns . 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (October 12): Cabbage aphids were abundant and damagi;; 
to cabbage in variotis parts of Tooele County. 
HairiEQUIK BUG (iv lurgant ia histrioni ca Hahn) 
South Carolina. F. Sliornan and associates (October 20): Considerable con- 
plaint of harlequin bug fron the eastern section. J. G. Watts reports 
finding tliis b-Li,g abundant on shepherds-purse weed. 
Tennessee. G. M. Sentley (October 23): Only o fev/ co:nplaints of the harlcqr.' 
b-ug have been reported. 
Mississippi. C. Lylo (October 2k): The harlequin cabbage bug is present in 
iiany gardens throughout the State, especially on fall collards and nustard 
M51LCHS 
IIELON ..\PHID ( Aphis gossypii Glov.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (October lb): Melon aphid reported very ab-ondant in 
northern Indiana the last of Au.;ast. 
