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BDETS 
BEET WE3TOBM (lojxojstege sticticalis L. ) 
Nebraska. LI. II. Swenk (September 20): The beet webworm was reported feeding on 
Russian thistles and garden crops in Harlan County on September 8. 
Kansas, H. H. Bryson (September 23): The beet webworm lias been reported as very 
abundant in the western part of the State. Correspondence reports indicate 
this pest as attaching Russian thistles and other weeds. Farmers report the 
caterpillars are so numerous that they move in armies in some localities. 
Reports have been received from Modoc, Penokee, Lenora, Hugo ton, Edmond, and 
Goats. 
SUGAR 2SST ROOT .APHID ( Pemphigus betae Doane) 
Wyoming. C. L. Corhins (September 21): The sugar beet root louse is more abundant 
than usual this -'ear. Injury varies from minor to serious. 
souther:: field-crop i h s e c t s 
COTTON 
PI1TK BOIL WORM ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. ) 
United States. Press Service, U. S.D.A. (September 25): The U. S. Department of 
Agriculture today concentrated its facilities for inspecting cotton-gin trash 
in th-e area around Enigma, Ga. , where pi', .t quarantine inspector last week found 
pink boll worms during a routine inspection of gin trash. An intensive in- 
spection of adjacent fields is also und r day. prompt extermination measures 
will be taken against any additional infestation discovered. . This is the first 
time in twelve years that the pink boll worm has appeared in the main Cotton 
Belt of the United States. 
FOREST AID SHADS TREE I " 3 E C T S 
BROW.. -TAIL MOTH (iT ygmia phaeorrhoea Don. ) 
Maine. J. V. Schaffner, jr. (September ' '■) }Toted heavy infestations in Waterloo, 
Maine, on September 6. Orchard trees ana wild cherry and oak in pastures and 
along fence rows most seriously infested. 
Now Hampshire. J. V. Schaffner, jr. (September 23): Reports received September 
1 to 6 indicate a heavy infestation in sections of Carroll, Belknap, and J'erri- 
mac Counties, particularly"" in orchards and along fence rows. 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar I. ) 
Connecticut. W. ~. Br it ton (September 22): A stripped area of about 20 acres 
was discovered in Grot on just as the spraying season ended in July. Thousands 
of egg masses were present. 
