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T0MAT0 PINWORM ( Gnorimoschema, lycopersioella. Busck) 
California. J. C. Elmore (August 2U) ; The tomato pinworm was quite numerous 
on young tomato plants in a greenhouse in Modesto. Young plants were 
seriously damaged "by leaf folding and stem boring. The insects were 
first noticed in December 1935 on tomatoes in the same house. Plants 
from this house which were set in a field early in the spring are now 
heavily infested. Seven percent of the ripe fruit was infested. 
(September 18): The tomato pinworm has built up to injurious numbers 
in the Stanton district of Orange County and the Artesia district of 
Los Angeles County. Infestations range from 25 to ^0 percent of the 
ripe fruit. 
TOMATO WORMS ( Protoparce spp.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (September 15) : The tomato worm (p. quinquemaculata 
Haw.) is quite numerous in tomato fields in central Ohio. 
California. J. 0. Elmore (August 26): P. quinquemaculata and P. 
sexta Johan. were quite numerous in tomato fields in Stanislaus County. 
In many fields every plant was damaged and many of them were from one- 
half to three-fourths defoliated. 
POTATO LEAEHOPPERS ( Empcasca spp.) 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and assistants (September 17): The potato leaf- 
hopper (E. fabae Harr.) is very abundant in Winona, Crow Wing, Lake, and 
Chippewa Counties. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (September 28): The leafhopper, E. filamonta DeLong, 
has caused from moderate to severe injury to potatoes in parts of the 
State. 
TOMATO STILT3UG ( jalysus spinosu s Say) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas and F. A. Wright (August 18): Most of the fruit 
buds formed on tomatoes during this period cf the year at Chadbourn 
dropped off, even before the blossoms opened. It was found that large 
numbers of this insect were present in the tomato fields and, unless 
disturbed, were nearly always resting on the bloom or fruit bud. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Spilachna varivestis Muls.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (September 25^: At Norfolk the Mexican bean beetle 
has not been as abundant this year as last. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (June l): The bean beetle is plentiful and injurious 
at Richland, in Stowart County, and at Blairsville, in Union County. 
It has done little damage in the Experiment district. A grower at 
Richland reports damage last fall. 
