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HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUG tMttteantla histrionica Hahn) 
Missouri W. M, White- (July 9): Feeding on horseradish and cauliflower. 
STRAWBl^-RY 
STRAWBERRY LEAF-ROLLER ( Ancylis r.omptana Froehl.) 
Indiana H» F. Diets (July 2k) : The strawberry leaf-roller is apparently 
not as aeaAous as in past years. 
Oregon Don C. Mote (May 2k): Twenty per cent of a 3-acre patch of 
strawberries reported damaged at La Grande, by county agent. 
LATE STRAWBERRY SLUG ( Empria raaculata Norton) 
Nebraska M # H. Swerik (June 15-July 10): The late strawberry slug is reported 
as badly injuring strawberries in Madison County. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT-WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus ovatus L.) 
Oregon Don C Mote (June 10): Adults attacking strawberries at Sherwood. 
-WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp.) 
Indiana E m J # Davis (July 22): Reported injuring strawberries July l6 
at Waynetown in Montgomery County. ' 
CLICK-BEETLES (Elateridae) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (July 2k): We have received one report of a v ery 
severe injury to ripening strawberries caused by adult click** 
beetles. An estimate of the amount of injury to the fruit in 
one instance places the figure at $5 per cent. The writer stated 
that quantities of beetles had been taken out of the berries at 
the time of picking, the beetles having eaten clear into the 
heart. . 
ASPARAGUS 
j ASPARAGUS BEETLE (Crioceris asparagi L.) 
New York K. E. Paine (June 21): Some spraying has been done in the control 
of this pest in Chautauqua County. 
Wisconsin S» B. Fracker (July 15): Reported from Brown, Fond du Lac, and 
Winnebago Counties. 
Washington E. J. Newcomer (July 9): Specimens of ifche eggs, larvae, and 
adults of this beetle were brought to the writer early in June 
with the statement that they were common on asparagus "in several 
backyards in the City of Yakima. As far as I have been able to 
learn, this is the first time this beetle has been found in the 
State. This information was turned over to the local representative 
of the State Department of Agriculture, with the suggestion that it 
