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and migrated in great numbers. The worms migrate into the beet, 
fields from uncultivated land where Hussion thistles are produced 
in great numbers. 
HAtfAII^N BEET '.TSBYTORM ( Hymenia fascialis Cramer) 
L. "7. Brannon (July 2): This insect is seriously dan aging beets 
on some truck farms in Birmingham. 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
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G. F. Khowlton (July 30): The flea beetles were especially 
damaging to sugarbeets in Utah this spring, holding them back as 
they came out of the ground, and in many cases necessitating re- 
planting. 
BEET ROCT APHID ( Pemphigus betae Doane) 
G» F, Knowlton (July 30): Very little damage at Logan from the 
beet root aphid is noted this year. 
SUGaRBEET LE^FHOFPER (Eutettix tenellus Baker) 
G. F. Khowlton (July 30) : The sugarbeet leafhopper is very abundant 
over the Western half of the State, and doing considerable damage. 
Around Delta, Richfield, Tremonton ,and other places many fields 
are either deserted or plowed up. A number of the sugar factories 
in the State will not run, and this outbreak, -hich is more severe 
than the one two years ago, will do several million dollars damage 
to the farmers and sugar companies. 
SFINaCH 
SPINaCH LEAF MINER ( Fegomyi a hyoscyami Panz. ) 
R. 3. Friend (July 31): Very little damage was reported this year 
at New Haven. Spinach at the station, usually heavily infested, 
shows no injury whatsoever. 'Very much less abundant as compared 
with an average year. 
CARROT 
PARSLEY ST«LK WEEVIL ( Listronotus latius cuius Boh.) 
C R» Crosby and assistants: Some infested beds near Valley 
Stream in Nassau County will sustain considerable loss from this 
pest. On June 30 some larvae in rearing cages pupated. 
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TORTOISE BEETLES 
Mississippi R. T7» Harned (July 15): Injury to s" r eet potatoes caused by tortoise 
beetles has been reported from many localities in all sections of the 
