Utah 
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SUGAR BEST FLEA BEETLE (M onoxia puncticollis Say) 
G. P. Knowlton (May 3): Flea "beetles are usually less 
abundant on sugar "beets in Salt Lake and Utah Counties 
than in Box Elder and Weber Counties. (May 13): Black 
flea beetles are still doin?" some damage to sugar beets at 
'Thatcher, Garland and Tremonton, but in most places they 
are less abundant than two weeks ago. 
North Carolina 
Massachusetts 
Florida 
Florida 
TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE ( Spitri x parvula Fab.) 
C. H. Brannon (May 24): Injury which started in plant 
beds if? rapidly spreading to tobacco in the field. 
GARDEN SPRINGTAIL ( Smithums hortensis Fitch) 
A. I. Bourne (May 22): Tobacco growers in the Connecticut 
Valley are being troubled considerably this year by garden 
springtails which are working in the tobacco beds. 
TOBACCO BODWOHM ( Chloridea vire s cens Fab.) 
F. S. Chamberlin (May 5): Tobacco budworms are unusually 
searce for this season of the year in Gadsden County. 
HORNWORMS (Pr oto^arce Wpp.) 
F. S. Chamberlin (May 22): Tobacco hornvorrns are very 
abundant at the present time. 
Florida 
Louisiana 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Piatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
¥. E. Haley '(May 12): A very lov: infestation of the sugar- 
cane borer was found in the Everglades section of Florida, 
with th$ exception of a small area at Canal Point. Near 
Sarasota, however, the infestation was very heavy. At 
Fellsnere, Indian River County, no borers could be found. 
T. E. Holloway and J. '.7. Ingram (May 22): A few corn plants 
Containing larvae of the sugarcane borer were found today 
in a garden near Raceland. No borers were found in the 
general field plantings of corn. Today we found a number of 
youn£ sugarcane plants killed by the borer near Houma. They 
contained larvae of various sizes and one ■pupa. 
