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Plant Board, reported the tomato suckfly on tomatoes at 
Pascagoula on June 26. 
aPFLF LEaPHOPPRR J[Emj£oasca mali Le3.) 
Maryland S. N„ Cory (July S) : ITo damage apparent, except some hopperb-uxn 
"beginning with about 3 "to 5 nymphs per leaf at Glenarm. Crop 
made so no damage need "oe expected. 
New York C. H. Crosby and assistants: This pest is found only in moderate 
numbers in Nassau County. In no instance has the infestation 
appeared serious. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 26): The potato leafhopper is an increasingly 
important problem in the north-estern quarter of the State. Re- 
ports of damage reached us from as far south as Danville. 
Illinois ',7. P. Flint (July 20) : The potato leafhopper is much more 
abundant than usual in Illinois this season. Rather severe damage 
has occurred to garden beans as well as potatoes. It was also 
suspected of causing damage to red clover and soybeans. 
POTATO FLEa BEETLE ( Epit rix cucum eris Harr. ) 
Indiana J. J, Davis (July 26): The potato flea beetle continues as an 
outstanding potato pest, 
C.3P^GS MaGGOT (Fyjlemyia brassicae Bouche ) , 
Hew York C. R. Crosby and assistants: In Erie County in untreated seed 
beds serious losses have resulted to cabbage and cauliflower. 
Many complaints have been received of injury in Monroe County 
to cabbage by this pest* Cabbage maggot injury is quite extensive 
both in early cabbage and 1:.. to cabbage seed beds in Onondaga 
County. In some sections, farmers are having to buy all their 
late cabbage plants. Quite a few farmers treated their seed 
bed with corrosive sublimate this year and report their beds 
as being practically free fsom maggots. 
Maryland 3. IT. Cory (July S): with black root rot and maggot injury 
combined, about one-third of the crop has been destroyed at 
Glenarm and a small percentage at Phoenix. The maggot is apparently 
on the increase as compared with its abundance in an average 
year. 
CaBBaGE aPHID ( Brevi corvne brassica e L.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 26): Aphis brassicae reported attacking cabbage 
at La Fayette. 
Illinois C. C. Compton (July S): The cabbage aphid is appearing in serious 
