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Wa shin- ton 
where they were working in stored carrots. This Is an 
unusual occurrence , z -'.•- once before (many years ago at 
Saul 1 : Ste. Marie - ' >t re t fly been reported from 
Michj 
Win. W. Baker (J: I; ; far i re r - ■• this 
pest working in Cf.rrots vhictj >.re u u sandy soils but 
are very serious in peat and muck soils at Fife and Sumner. 
California 
Utah 
B EITS 
BEET LEOTQEPER ( Lutettix tenellus Baker) 
2. 0. Essig (February 24): Reported scarce in hibernating 
quarters. 
A SAWFLY ( Sterictinhora lineata Rohw.) 
G. F. Kno^lton (1923): This insect vas very commonly 
collected in sugar-beet fields in northern Utah during the 
summer of 1923 . 
Hawai i 
STFFT POTATO 
S"TL;^-?0TA?0 SPHIMX ( Herse cjngulata Fab.) 
D. T. Fullavay (1923): Caterpillars of this moth have 
been very destructive in Honolulu on account of extensive 
planting of T 'Iuhio vine. 
South Carolina 
SOUTHER N "FIELD-CROP INSECTS 
TOBACCO 
SLUGS (Mollusca ) 
M, H. Brunson (February 25): Slurs have been reported as 
damaging stands of young tobacco plants in beds in 
Williamsburg County. 
Florida 
SUGARCAj'F 
SUGARCANE BORER (Biatraea srecharolis Fab.) 
J. R, ,'atson (February 19): A check-up on the cane borer 
during the harvest time of care showed that it vas unusually 
scarce over most of the State. Severe infestations vrere 
confined to the southwestern counties in regions where damage 
is always Gevere. Some fields in the Bverrlades showed about 
1 per cent infpptstion. 
