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Pcnnsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (May 27): 'Infestations as a whole are rather 
light. On May 13 in Fayette County cabbage following a planting of 
turnips of 1935 was very heavily infested. 
CABBAGE CURCULIO ( Ceutorhynchu s rapae Gyll.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (May): Cabbage curculios were brought to the office 
with the statement that they were injuring cabbage near Cincinnati. 
This insect is rarely brought to our attention. 
SQ.UASH 
SQUASH BUG- ( Anasa tristis DeG. ) 
Mississippi. D. W. Grimes (May 22): Squash bug found on squash at Durant and 
noticed generally in gardens on other plants. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (May 19) : Squash bugs were active in the fields before 
squash seed was planted this season. 
ONIONS 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrlps tabaci Lind.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (May 25): Onion thrips are very abundant at Norfolk. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 21): The onion thrips became so bad in Sarasota 
County on celery that the crop was harvested 10 days or 2 weeks before 
it would have otherwise been cut. Several fields of beans in Sarasota 
and Manatee Counties were also a total loss because of depredations of 
this thrips. 
A BLISTER BEETLE (Meloe impressus Kby. ) 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (May 22): M. impressus is damaging onions at Red 
Wing, in Goodhue County. 
CARROTS 
CARROT BEETLE ( Ligyrus gibbosus DcG. ) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (May 20): The carrot beetle has been reported from 
Garden City. 
North Carolina. C. A. Brannon (May 22): This species is causing considerable 
damage to carrots in Cumberland County. 
STRAW3SRRY 
STRAWBERRY WEEVIL ( Anthonomus signatus Say) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (May 13): Strawberry weevil particularly severe 
in infestations about the margins of plantings adjoining woodland at 
Bridgeville. 
