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PICKLEWORM ( Diaphania nitidalis Stoll) 
Ohio. N. P. Howard (September 20): At Columbus the pickleworm was present on 
summer squash in the experimental : plots earlier, in the month, , ; 7 
..;■,.; .,,... ;•;...•:: TURNIP -, ■ 
TURNIP APHID ( Rhopalo siphum pseudobrassicae Davis) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September, 25)* Aphids are abundant on turnips,-:.. 
PEANUTS ■ . -.v. ' 
CORN. EAR WORM .(. Hello this obsol.eta P.) 
Oklahoma. C. P. Stiles (September 18) : The foliage of one 12-acre field of 
peanuts in Okfuskee County has been seriously injured. This is the first 
time this insect has seriously damaged, peanuts', in' Oklahoma. 
A SCARABAEID ;( Ataenius .' cognatus ■ Lee. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (September 19) J Reported attacking peanuts at Dade- 
ville on August lU. 
Correction — The beetle, damaging, turf in Massachusetts, reported in the August 
1, 1937 » Insect Pest Survey Bulletin (p. 323) as A. cognatus has been 
determined by 0. L. Cartwright as A. falli Hintcn, a recently described 
species. , ... ;.' '. . ■ ■ ■ •. ■ 
LETTUCE 
ZEBRA CATERPILLAR ( Mamestra picta Harr.) 
Idaho and Oregon. R. W. Haegele (September 23): Scattered infestations are 
appearing in the lettuce fields in Payette and Washington Counties in 
western Idaho and in Malheur County, eastern Oregon. The larvae range 
from newly hatched to •§- inch in length and are causing some damage. There 
are about 1,000 acres of lettuce in the infested district and control is 
-being attempted. 
,.' ■ ■■ , :, CARROT ".,; 
SEED-CORN MAGGOT. ( Kyi emyia ciljcrura Rond.) . ;. . 
New York.' R. W. Leiby (September 7): A heavy infestation all but destroyed a 
2-acre field of carrots in Wayne County late in August. The maggots fed 
on carrots one-third grown. Bred' to the adult stage , they. proved to be 
the seed-corn maggot. "... ,.-..... 
