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TRUCK-CHOP INSECTS 
POTATO AND TONATO 
C0LORAE0 POTATO BEETLE ( Leo t ino t arc a -d e c cm 1 ine at a Say) 
0. I. Snapp (Kay 10) : The potato oeetle has been playing havoc in 
some gardens in Port Valley, while in others scarcely an individual 
can oe found. 
F. S. Chamoerlm (Nay 6): The potato bug is more numerous ar.d is 
doing more damage in Greenville section than is usually the case. 
H. 117. Allen (Kay 23): Wherever spraying has not been undertaken 
heavy damage has been caused to potatoes, to the extent of total 
defoliation in many cases. In one patch of tomatoes, in Oktibbeha 
County, of about one-tenth acre, defoliation of the newly set plants 
by adults was moderate to heavy and resulted in destruction of sere 
plants . 
F. C. Bishopp (April 15): Adult potato beetles were appearing in 
considerable numbers. (April lb): Some spraying of potatoes with 
arsenicals is being dene. (April 22): where spraying had not bee 
done the first orcod of potato oeetle larvae is doing serious damage 
POTATO FLEA-BEETLE ( Epitrix cucumeris Harr.) 
J. A. Berly (Kay 12): Flea-beetles have been very abundant on 
tomato and potato plants in the gardens at Clemson College. 
SEED-CORN MAGGOT ( Hylemyia c ilicrura Rond.) 
Franklin Sherman (May 2o): As in the past several years there were 
■repotts of local damage from several coastwise counties during April 
and early Kay, but none have been received recently. 
CABBAGE 
CABBAGE MAGGOT ( Hylemyia brass icae Bouche) 
L. C. Tyler (Kay 3): Flies were ooserved on April 29 in Nassau 
County and are now depositing eggs. 
H. B. Davis (May 2-3): Maggot flies were observed in some of the 
fields of early cabbage in Suffolk County. 
J.J. Davis (Kay z4) ; The cabbage and radish maggot "'as reported 
first this spring en radishes from Fort Wayne Kay 13. The maggots 
were small in all cases. 
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