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STBIPED 3J"CUilB33 2"TLE ( jjabro.txca vittata Fab.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 20): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
abundant on squash in Dade County. 
TURN IP 
TURNIP APHID ( Rhopal o siphum pseudob rassi cae Davis) 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (March 19): The false cabbage aphid is 
present in numbers in the eastern trucking district, near Charleston. 
Mississippi. H. Gladney (March 16): Turnip aphid s are moderately abundant 
at Ocean Springs, Jackson County. 
OITIONS 
ONION TKRIPS ( Thrips tabaci Lind.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 20): During the first part of March the onion 
thrips appeared in considerable numbers about Gainesville for the first 
time this winter. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (March 12): T. t abaci are abundant on cabbage at 
Weslaco. 
SWS3TP0TAT 
AN EAR WIG (Forficulidae) 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (March 17): Earwigs have been found feeding on 
sweetpotatoes where they were banked in the field or in sheds. This is 
quite common in all sections of Jackson County east of the Pascagoula 
River. 
ST RAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY LEAF ROLLER ( Ancvlis comptana Froel.) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 16): The strawberry leaf roller is reported as 
very abundant in hibernation at Troy., 
Oregon. W. D. Edwnrds. (March 24): Found larva in strawberry leaf near 
Corvallis. 
A TORTRICID ( Ab labia lon^ana Haw.) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (March 24): Overwintering larvae of Cneohasia lonrana 
are emerging from winter quarters and beginning to feed. 
A ROOT WEEVIL (D y slob us sp.) 
Oregon. K. W. Gray (March 24): Adults of strawberry root weevils are out 
and feeding. 
