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C ABBAGE 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM (Ascia rapae L.) 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (March 25): Adults were in flight at Olemson College 
March 21. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 22): Usually "butterflies are on the wing before this 
at Columbia, but to date none has been seen. 
Louisiana. W. 2. Hinds (March 28): Cabbage butterflies and loopers are unusually 
scarce but egg-laying is now increasing at Baton Rouge. 
DIAMOND-BACK MOTH ( Plutella maculipennis Curt.) 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (March 22): Heavy emergence of the diamond back moth on 
March 10 at Laredo was reported by S. E. Jones. 
HARLEQUIN BUG ( Murgantia histrionica Hahn) 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (March 25): First adults were seen in the field at the 
insectary, Clemson College, about March 18. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryne brassicae L.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 23): Specimens were received from Zama, Attala County, 
on March 18, with a report that a medium infestation had appeared on collards. 
SQUASH 
SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis DeG.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (March 22): Adults are active at Logan on warm days. 
CUCUMBERS 
MEL01J WORM ( Diaphania hyalinata L . ) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 27): The melon worm is reported as destroying a 
whole field of cucumbers near Miami. In a squash field at Winter Haven, in 
Polk County, a single wormy squash was seen. Cucumber beetles are reported 
as doing considerable damage in the Everglades district. 
