- 31o*- 
CTIOTTS 
CHICS' TIIEIPS ( Thrtx)? tfih:rj L.) • 
New Mexico and J„ P., Douglass ( Angus t222) : The onion thrips ras noted 
Arizona inranjurious numbers on Valencia onions in San Simon 
Valley, IT, I . : ex r , and in Sulphur Spring Valley, Aris. 
PHLAGELID BEETLE (Bustilbus apdcalis :'elch. ) 
Michigan Sj E, Pet. tit (August 24): Mr. John Freeman of Lowell, 
Mtch , reported by letter that phlacrid beetles were working 
en the roots of his onions- Ho stated that he saw no e-vl-lr-nce 
of rotting tut that the onion roots seemed to be cut off 
square and that they appeared tc be heel thy, so far as anything 
else showed, Ke had a patch about a rod across where the 
roots were cut off and he says seme of these onions still 
lie on the ground and are hard and sound,, 
BEET LEA3EGPHER (ff utet tix tenellus Baker ) 
of 
Utah Geo n E« Sipwlton (August 3,): C v V/~ leaf/ sugar bests is 
apjjeaid .v: in varying degrees now> . r n soma fields in Cache 
and Si.'xeldor Counties there is rather severe damage, but 
net so bad as last year, and it appeared largely after the 
beetii had a good start. 
SU^AEWBEKE NEMATODE (l-Ie terodera sshashtii Sch. ) 
Utah Gec„ T<> Haqwlton (August 8): The sugar-beet nematode is 
doing it$ umal damage to 'beets in northern Utah and where 
badly infested the beets are very scrubby. 
WHITE GLUES CPhylloPhaga spp. ) 
Utah Goo- Ti Showltdh (August 5): White grabs are. damaging sugar 
beets in some fields south of Logan and in Cornish. 
CABBAGE uEB'.VOH:.' ( - T c-. 1 .1 via unc * ■ lis Fab . ) 
Alabama J, H m "Robinson (July 31/ : — ° turnip wetworm &as alroady 
appeared in considerable numbers at S^aie. 
CARE GTS 
PAPSLET STALK .VEEVIL ( Listronotus latiusculus Boh. ) 
Illinois Y7. P. Flint (August IS): Mr, Chandler reports that the 
area infested by this insect is much larger thin at first 
supposed, serious dar.ago to cerrots having occurred over 
several of the counties oast of St. Louis, 
