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OITIOITS 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci Lind.) . . 
Virginia. H, G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (June 2U): Thrips have been very 
abundant. on cabbage and onions at Norfolk. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 23): Onion thrips are doing considerable damage to 
recently propagated chrysanthemums in greenhouses at Lafayette. • 
Washington. R. S. Lehman (June 19) : More numerous than usual this early in the 
season at Walla Walla. In some fields the onions will be much smaller on 
account of thrips. 
ONION MAGGOT (Hylemia antiqua Meig.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June lH): In western New York 
onion maggot -flies are still prevalent in Oswego County, and onion seed- 
lings in Wayne County have been going down this week from*maggot injury. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (June 26): Damaging onions at Salt Lake and Vineyard. 
A PLANT BUG ( Labopidea allii Knight) 
Kansas, H. R, Bryson (June 25) : The onion plant bug caused severe injury to 
onions in May but has now practically disappeared from the onion tops. It 
was reported as attacking onioh in Mitchell, Marshal, and Doniphan Counties. 
CARROT 
CARROT BEETLE ( Ligyrus gibbosu s Deg. ) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 23) : Specimens have just been received from Manilla, 
taken in carrots. Plants were badly damaged. " 
CARROT RUST FLY ( Psila rosae F. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June l): The fir„st carrot rust 
flies emerged on May 27 and 28 in a cage located on muck north of Newark, 
Wayne County. 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS BEETLES ( Crioceris spp. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (June 23): Asparagus beetles suffered very little 
mortality and are more abundant then usual. Many growers, particularly in 
the western part of the State, found them present in such numbers that 
their cutting season had to be interrupted to spray. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr, News Letter (June): Very numerous on Long 
Island the first week of the month. In western New York, in Onondago 
