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PSA APHID ( Illinoia pisi Kalt. ) 
■ H. W. Har.ned (April 21): Mr. ?. A. Wright, of the Bureau of 
Entomology, with headquarters at Pay St„ Lcuis, reports on 
April 21 as follows; In this vicinity the pea aphis is causing 
a great deal of damage, Doth to garden peas and sweet peas, and 
in some instances they have caused almost total destruction. 
This is the first serious damage I have observed in this locality. 
CUCUM3Z5S 
POTATO FLEA-BE2TLE ( Epitr ix cucumeris Harr. ) 
W, S. Britton (May 22): At Southington, Windsor, Locks, and 
Plainsville, this insect- is reported attacking tomatoes and 
cucumbers. 
SPRING-TAILS (Smynthurus sp. ) 
Herbert Spencer (April 29): . Springtaila are attacking cucumbers, 
cantaloupes, and cymlings in the Norfolk trucking section. These 
insects appear regularly every year about this time and do con- 
siderable damage to th.se crops.- 
STPJPED CUCUMBER BEETLE (D iabrotica vittat a Fab.) 
H. P. Dietz (April 28): The striped cucumber beetle was reported 
as working on young muskmelons plants in "flats- in cold frames 
at Decker on April l6. 
MELONS 
• • MELON APHIS (Aphis gossypii GPlover) 
California 3. A. Harrigan (April 20): This insect is reported as doing 
considerable damage this year. It is practically impossible to 
cite specific localities where injury has occurred as it has been 
go general and extensive. 
ONIONS 
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Indiana 
Illinois 
ONION THHIPS ( Thrips tabaci Lind. ) 
3. A. Harrigan (April -20) : This insect is reported as doing 
considerable damage this year. It is practically impossible 
to cite specific localities where injury has occurred as it has 
been so general and extensive. 
ONION MAGGOT (Hylemyia ant iqua Meig. ) 
J.' J. Davis (May 25): Onion maggots were reported from Milford 
on Miy 13. 
W„ P. Flint (May 22): C. C. Compton reports the onion maggot 
adults in the northern Illinois trucking sections on May 12. 
This was the first heavy emergence of adults during the present 
spring. 
