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and eggs are rapidly being laic 5 .. In lAssau County the cabbage 
ot file-; wore seen for the first time en April 27, ye« • 
they Lave, not appeared in rcry g ?; - numbers. A notice was sent 
out on the 25th for seed-Led treatment with corrosive sublimate. 
C. H. Crosby and assistants (Hay 7): P he -l^s have been re- 
ported plentiful from Long Island on cj ■ and ci ewer. 
The flies had not appeared in Erie County, but are commonly 
found in Cheat saQ.ua" County at this time. (Hay 21): Cn Long Is- 
land practically all of the eggs of the first generation have 
1 laid. As in past years t>he injury is serious. In Onondaga 
County and in western jsew York egg laying has started and many 
growers will use control measures, some for the first time tnis 
year . 
CA33&G-B APHID (3r evi coryne "o^assicae L. ) 
Georgia 0. I. Shapp (hay 3): The cabbage aphid is very abundant this 
yea:c at Fort Valley, and has seriously damaged young plants in 
commercial caobage fields. 
TLLRMIP aLHIP (Phon al osiu ham p_seud_obrassicae Davis) 
Mississippi H. "'. Harned (May 2k): Reported on cabbage from Myrtle on May 
9, ..and on cabbage from Tupelo, on hay 15, Determination made by 
.-^. L. Hamner . 
CaBBAI-M LOCPPE ( .-ai t cg-rapha b rassicae Riley) 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (April 2 7 ;: Moths of the cabbage looper have 
been, very abundant at D wight and !■ Zariba t tan. 
DIaMOED-BACK MOTH ( Plut ella maculip ennis Curtis) 
Kansas J. "■'. McColloch (May l): A rather severe infestation of this 
moth was found oil cahbage in Hiley County at Manhattan. 
H.TlLL^UIh LUC- ( Hur rant ie histrionic a Hahn) 
South J. 0. Pepper (May 6): This insect is doing considerable damage 
Carolina. in the Piedmont section on cabbage. It is also present on col- 
lards, turnips, and Kale. It is unusually abundant. 
Georgia C. I. Snapp (May 9): A heavy infestation at Port Valley of har- 
lequin cabbage Lugs had destroyed a field of rape by this date 
that had ^oeev^ planted on a poultry farm. 
.labama L, ~. Brannon (May lo): Adults of this insect appear to be fairly 
abundant in this locality (la- ; hj 1) E - masses are numerous 
and also youn^ .■--.. Attaching c abb are , turnips, and mustard. 
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