New York 
Wisconsin. 
Maine 
Kansas 
Texas 
Mississippi 
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L. C* Tyler (July '5): Aphids are now showing up' in' quite 
considerable numbers in Nassau .County,, 
W« B Davis (July 5): Aphids have been found in several fields 
in Suffolk County but at present are not in sufficient numbers 
to cause any trouble. 
POTATO LEAFHOPPSR (Ernpoasca mali LeB. )' 
S» Brf Fracker (July 15): Reported from Jackson County* 
BLI STER-BEETLES (Melo idae ) 
E. M. Patch (July 5): Report of Macrooasis unicolor from 
Island Palls states "present iri thousands, many hills' having 
from 50 to 100 on themi 1 ^ 
Ja'-W* McColloch4July-lS): Several species of blister-beetles 
have ^een reported as stripping the foliag.e of various garden 
plants, but particularly potatoes* arid tomatoes, 
TOMATO STJCEFLY (Macr-olophus separatus Uhler) 
H M. ; High (July 25): The tomato strckfly, which has caused 
serious injury to tomatoes in certain localities in southern 
Texas the past few years, has now been reported as far east 
as Troup. When this insect was first observed in abundance 
about 3rownsville a number of years ago, it was attacking a wild 
tomato but in recent years it has become a major pest of 
tomatoes in the lower Rio Grande Talley, 
TOMATO iRUITWORM ( Heliothis obsoleta .Fab. ) 
M* M» High (July 25): The tomato fruitworm has been unusually 
abundant on tomatoes, beans, and corn in southern Mississippi 
this season. It has been found in lesser numbers on several 
other truck crops. Among the remedies tried arsenate of lead 
applied straight as a dust and sprayed at the rate of 2 pounds 
to 50 gallons of water gave about equal results. Free nicotine 
dust gave very good results early^ while the larvae were small 
and before they entered the fruit, but had little effect on the 
larvae in the fruit. 
CABBAGE 
CABBAGE MAGGOT (Hylemyia brassicae Bouche) 
New York Co R* Crosby and assistants: Serious damage to cabbage- seed 
beds by this insect was reported from Ontario, Onondaga, 
Monroe, and Nassau Counties* 
Illinois C«» £• Compton (June 30) * T^ e cabbage maggot is more numerous 
and destructive than usual this year. 
Wisconsin S« B* Pracker (July 15): Reported from Barron County on cabbage 
and from Oneida on radish. 
