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Harlequin cabbage bugs this spring. A letter received today from 
.a correspond dnt -at Raymond emphasizes the value 6f mustard as a 
trap crop to protect the garden crops from this insect. This 
correspondent states that in her gardens there are hundreds of the 
bugs on the mustard, and not one can be' found on rape, Irish 
potatoes, and" other garden plants. She states that the mustard 
is of the old rough-leaf variety. .(April 20): On this date C. G. 
Wallace reports the harlequin cabbage bug as fairly abundant in the 
vicinity of Water Valley on cabbage, • mustard, and turnips. 
STRIPED FLEA BEETLE (PKyllO.tre ta vittata Eab.) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (May 2): About a Week ago these flea 
beetles appeared in great numbers in Nassau County, and it was 
thought that very heavy loss wou]jcL result to cabbage plants'; ''At the 
present time, however, their attack has abated. (May l£>) : As in 
past years this pest is doing considerable damage in seed beds in 
Ontario County. 
STRAWBERRY ■■„■.-. - ■ 
RASPBERRY FRUITWORM . (Byturus unicolor Say) ' •' 
B. H. Walden (May 22): At South Glastonbury this insect was ob- 
served for the first time, on strawberries. Strawberries in a field 
adjoining a field of red raspberries which was removed this spring 
were attacked by this insect. Raspberries were badly infested 
with Byturus last year. The beetles were eating the stamens of the 
blossoms and into the young fruit that had formed. 
CUTWORMS (Uoctuidae) -.; . : . 
W. S. 3ritton (May 22): Reported from Coventry, Bolton, and Sinsbury 
attacking strawberries. At Sittsbury two species had ruined one 
corner of a field ( l/3 to l/2 acre? in" a field of 2 to 3 acres), 
apparently the species are Agrotis ypsilon Rott. , and Feltia 
venerabilis Walk. f the former being the more abundant on May 20, 
when the field T7as visited by Mr. Walden... ' 
A HITIDEJIilB ( Brachypt er olu s pu licarus L.) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (May 9): This small beetle is found in 
most strawberry plantings in Dutchess County, feeding on. blossoms. 
FLOWER TERIPS (Fran kliniella tritici Fitch) 
L. Baseman (May 5): In the southwestern part of the State some- 
berrymen report that the thrips are so abundant. .on blossoms that 
they are blighting late blossoms. More abundant as compared with an 
average year. 
Ifeely Turner (May 12): The thrips have been especially noticed 
since- a late fr'eeze in the southwestern part of the State, killing 
