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PICKLE V/OHM ( Diaphania nitidalis Stoll) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (June 26): Although cantaloupes will not start to 
ripen until next week, the pickle worn has appeared on green nelons in 
a ]>-a.cre patch at Power svi lie. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 25): Complaints of injury have been received 
fron Yazoo City, Starkville, Pascagoula, and Jackson. 
SQUASH 
SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis DeG. ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (June 22): The squash hug is seriously damaging squash 
at Experiment. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (June 23): Squash hugs quite abundant this year. Have 
been laying eggs for 2 weeks. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (June 25): The squash bug is rather 
abundant. It is reported from Hollandale, Washington -County, and also 
from Harrison County. A heavy infestation was noted at Kiln, Hancock 
County, late in May. 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (June 2U): Although we have received a few complaints 
from gardeners throughout the State, this pest has been unusually scarce 
this month. 
SQUASH BORER ( Melittia satyrinif ormis Hbn.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (June 22): The squash vine-borer is seriously 
damaging squash at Experiment. 
Mississippi. H. Gladney (June 25): Some damage by the squash vino borer has 
been observed in Harrison County. 
Louisiana. T. E. Snyder (June 3): Larvae collected on beans on a farm near 
Pollock have been identified by C. Heinrich as M. satyrinif ormis . He 
says: "Bean is an unusual food plant*" 
CELERY 
CARROT WEEVIL ( Listronotus lati vis cuius Boh.) 
New Jersey. T. J. Headlee(June 2*+) : The parsloy stalk weevil has caused con- 
siderable damage to celery on the muck soils in Bergen County this spring. 
This is the first time this species has been recorded as injurious in 
New Jersey. The infestation is qviite general in the Hackensack area. 
Injury occurs in fields whore growth ranges from newly set plants to those 
ready to harvest. Infestation counts from several fiolds revealed that from 
15 to Uo percent of the plants woro injured. Young plants were killed 
outright, and older ones rendered unfit for market. 
