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Oregon. D. C. Mote (May 9): The pea aphid was found on peas near Albany, April 
26. (A. 0. Larson;) 
California. E. 0. Essig (May 22): The pea aphid is very abundant or. alfalfa in 
central California. 
CAB SAGS 
IMPORTED CABEAGE WORM ( Ascia rapae L . ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (May 25): The first cabbage butterflies were ob- 
served in the field May 12-14. 
South Carolina. W. J. Reid, jr. (May 24): The;.-worms began appepring in the 
fields near Charleston in larger numbers during April and have gradually in- 
creased in population until at the present t&ey are doing quite severe damage 
to the few late plantings now present. An infestation count of 100 unpoison- 
ed plants on May 19 showed a total cabbage worm infestation of 100 per cent, 
with a total of 1,110 worms present. The cabbage looper, Autographa brassicae £ 
Riley, was present on 100 per cent of the plants and constituted 83.9 per cent 
of the total worms; the diamond-back moth, Plutella maculipennis Curt., was 
present on 54 per cent of the plants and constituted 10.3 per cent of the 
total worms; and the imported cabbage worm, Ascia rapae L., was present on 
38 per cent of the plants and made up 5.8 per cent of the total' number of 
worms. 
Illinois. J. H. Bigger (May 13): The imported cabbie worm is scarce in western 
Illinois. First adults were seen in Scott County May 10. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (Mr>y 23): The imported cabbage vorm has attracted less 
attention than usual this spring, though a few complaints have been received. 
Mississippi. N. D. Peets (May 20): The imported cabbage worm has been causing % \ 
considerable injury to cabbage in Lincoln and Copiah Counties. for the past 
two weeks. 
CABBAGE I.CAGGOT ( Hylomyia brassicae Bcuche) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. News Letter (May 15): Cabbage maggot flies 
have been observed for the past two weeks in Suffolk County, and the first 
eggs were observed on May 5. 
P. J. Parrott (May 22): Callage maggots are very abundant in western New York. 
Pennsylvania. H. N. vTorthley (May 19): Eggs first seen May 11 during period of 
heavy and frequent rains in State College. 
Ohio. N. E. Howard (May 24): One report was received of damage on land on which 
a winter cover crop had been grown. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brovicoryne brassicae L.) 
South Carolina. 71. J. Reid, jr. (April 25): Until parasites became sufficiently 
numerous apparently to have the infestation under control, the cabeage aphid 
threatened to do serious damage to late spring plantings of cabbage in the 
Charleston area. About 5 per cent of the young plants were rendered useless 
by the aphids before the parasites appeared in large r.umcers. 
