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EGGPLANT 
EGGPLANT LACEBUG ( Gargaphia solani He id.) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (August IS)' Attacking eggplant in the vicinity 
of Tabor City. The insects were extremely abundant, some affected 
leaves having more than 50 specimens grouped together on their under 
surfaces. 
ONIONS 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci Lind. ) 
Colorado. C, R. Jones (August l): More abundant on onions than for .years 
and considerable damage being done. 
PEANUTS 
POTATO LEAEHO^PER ( Empoasca fabae Harr.) 
North Carolina. M. D. Leonard (August l): Owing to continued rains, leaf- 
hopper' damage on peanuts has been light, although many fields examined 
during the latter half of July in the six or seven heaviest peanut- 
growing counties in the northeastern part of the State showed a few 
leaf hoppers present. 
LETTUCE 
A HORNWORM ( Celerio gallii Rott.) 
Maine. J. K. Hawkins (August l.o) : Taken in quantity as larvae from lettuce 
and other vegetables in Brewer, Penobscot County. Never before to my 
knowlege found in such large numbers in Maine. 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY CROWN BORER ( Tylocerma fragariae Riley) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2^): Destructive in several localities in the 
southern third of the State and present in the southern two-thirds. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT APHID ( Aphis forbesi Weed) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August): Abundant and has caused much damage in a 
number of strawberry fields near Norfolk. 
Kentucky. W, A. Price (August 10): Attacking 13 percent of the strawberry 
plants examined in one patch at Princeton. 
PEPPER 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthonomus eugenii Cano) 
California. J. C. Elmore (August If): Causing serious damage to the chili 
peppers in some places in Orange anfl Los Angeles Counties. Infestations 
range from 2 to 50 percent in a single field. A field of bell peppers 
was 100 percent infested at Yorva Linda, on August 6. 
