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A MITE ( Penthaleus major Duges) 
California. E. 0. Essig (August ll): This species was first taken "by the 
writer on March 17, 1922, near San Jose, whore it was attacking the 
sp ringtail, Achorutes armatus Nicolet, swarming on the surface of fresh 
water in a drainage ditch. Specimens were sent to H. E. Ewing, who 
identified them as Pen thai eus sp. Shortly afterwards in the same month, 
. R. Cody called my attention to injuries to peas growing along the 
foothills near Warmsprings, Alameda County, by what appeared to ho this 
species. The damage was considerable, but was restricted and for only 
a short time. A similar infestation recurred the following year, but 
has not been. observed since, A few weeks ago, I received a small lot 
of the- same species-, which had recently been collected by A. J. Nicholson 
at Riverside. A mounted slide of the mite was sent to H, Womersley, 
Adelaide, Australia. A letter from Mr. Womersley, dated July 13, 1938, 
says that the species is identical with the pea mite of that country, 
P. major . 
CABBAGE 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM ( Pieris rapae L. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 15): Considerable 
damage to cabbage in eastern New York; heavy flights of moths present, 
.Indiana. G. E. Goiild (August 25) ' Abundant in the northern part of the 
State, causing considerable damage to cabbage. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 2^): Butterflies very abundant in fields and 
gardens. • 
Utah. G. .F. Knowlton (August 10): Butterflies are abundant at Brigham and 
Ogden, in northern Utah. Injury is common wherever control has not 
been effected. 
CABBAGE L00PER ( Autographica brassicae Riley) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 22): Larvae less 
numerous in western New York than early in August. A few looper eggs 
found in Wayne County. 
Indiana.. G. E. Gould (August 25) J Abundant in the northern half of the State. 
Utah. G. F. Knewlton (August 13) 5 Nine moths taken in light trap at Logan, 
north-central Utah, on the night of August 12. 
A WEEVIL ( Ceutorhynchus assimilis Payk.) 
Washington, jj. j. Forsell (August 1.8): During 1933 these weevils have 
been scarce and have heard no complaints of damage in the fields. 
