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siderable spraying is "being done in Cache, Utah, Eich, Dogget, Carbon, and 
Salt Lake Counties. 
MINT 
MINT LEAF 3EETLE ( Longi tarsus methaohagus Gent.) 
Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): Adults appeared at Uarswv, July 8. The larvae 
have caused considerable injury throughout the northern -oart of Indiana. The 
beetles are common everywhere and were abundant in certain ecological areas 
July 21, (G. E. Gould) 
TOBACCO . 
TOBACCO FLEA 3EETLE ( Epitrix parvula Fab.) 
Florida. F. S. Cha-aberlin (July 4): A very large third brood of flea beetles, 
emerged in tobacco fields in Gadsden County where early control measures 
were not thoroughly applied. 
Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): The tobacco flea beetle was reported to be doing 
serious injury to tobacco at Lawrenceburg, June 29. 
TOBACCO THHIF5 ( Frankliniella fusca Hinds) 
Connecticut. D. Lacroix (July 15): The tobacco thrips is more widespread than 
at any time in the past three years. It is occurring on shade-grown Havana 
seed, and broadleaf tobacco in West Granby, Windsor, East Hartford, and Man- 
chester. 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE T:"N SECTS 
BAGT70RM ( Thyridonteryx ephemeraefo rmi s Haw.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (July 26): The bagworm is locally abundant in Westchester 
County. 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (July 22): The bagw rm is very abundant on black lo- 
cust and arborvitae in Cumberland, Adams, and Franklin Counties. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (July 22): Bagworms were reported from Newark on arbor- 
vitae, July 9, and from Yorklyn and Wyoming the 14th and 19th respectively. 
Maryland. Press release, Extension Service, Univ. of Md. (July 18): Property 
owners are suffering more than usual damage to their trees and shrubs this 
season through injury by bagworms. 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (July 18): Infestation is very severe in Columbus and 
vicinity. 
Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): Bagworms were reported attacking boxclder and 
maple at Indianapolis, July 12, and apple and arborvitae at Evansville, July 
19. Defoliating^ cottowood throughout the southern part of the State, Jaly 
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