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SPINACH 
GREEN PEACK APHID ( Myzus persicae Sulz.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (February 26): A very heavy outbreak of the spinach 
aphid occurred on spinach, kale, and collards at ilorfolk, beginning about 
December 15, 1333, causing serious injury until about the 10th to the 
15th of January 1934. Diseased and dead a~,hids were present in the 
field almost from the beginning of the outbreak, but the fungous disease 
did not begin to be effective until about January 9, and then, in a 
period of 5 or 6 days, it killed at least 95 percent of the aphids in 
the Norfolk trucking area. 
PEPPER 
A WEEVIL (Euxenodes so.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (November 24, 1933): Weevils were heavily infesting 
• .- . peppers in Dade County at Miami. (Determined by L. L. Buchanan, who says: 
"This tropical or subtropical genus has not been reported from. the 
United States heretofore. The Florida specimens are very close to and 
probably identical with an unidentified Cuban species in the National 
Museum collection. A related species from Central America is labeled 
as having been in stem of pepper plant, and also 'from eggplant'.") 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (January 31): This weevil, reported as causing 
injury to peppers in Dade County the past season, could be' found in 
only one small pepper patch this month. 
STR4WB"^RRY 
STRAWBERRY LUTE ( Tarsonemus fragariae Zimm.) 
California. L. 1.1. Smith (February 23): The strawberry mite has been unusuall; 
abundant in the Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and San Jose districts of 
California. The winter has been abnormally warm and the mite did not 
go into hibernation, but c~.r.tinujd to breed and lay eggs throughout the 
winter. 
BggTS 
BEET LSAFHOPPBS ( Eutcttix te-vlluB Bak.) 
Idaho. E. W. Haegele (February 21): The beet leafhopper is scarce in 
southwestern Idaho. Mild winter and good hibernating conditions 
resulted in early spring populations abut the same as last fall. The 
populations, however, are very small. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (February 19): Beet leafhoppers are scarce to moderate- 
ly abundant in northern Utah. 
