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FALSE CHITTCH BUG ( ffysius ericae Schill. ) 
Utah G. F. Knowlton (April 4): The false chinch bug is active 
in northern Utah at the present time. 
GREEN PEACH APHID ( Myzus persicae Sulz. ) 
Mississippi J. P. Kislanko (April 20): Turnips and potatoes in Stone 
County are moderately infested. 
gew Mexico J. R. Eyer (April 20): Spinach aphid s are appearing on 
potatoes, lettuce, and other garden vegetables. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis Fab. ) 
Mississippi C. Lyle and assistants (April): These insects were reported 
from Pearl River, Pike, and Lincoln Counties, whore they were 
doing considerable damage to strawberries. (Abstract, J.A.I-I. ) 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
Oklahoma P. D. Sanders (April 22): Three acres of cucumbers growing 
under glass in Oklahoma City were being severely damaged by 
thrips. Reported to me by E. F. 3urk. 
MILLIPEDES (Myriapoda) 
Mississippi C. Lylc (April 22): Severe injury to both green and ripe 
strawberries "oy millipedes (tentatively identified by E. W. 
Stafford as Julus sp. or Parajalus sp. ) was reported from 
Durant, Holmes County, on April 10. Injury to lima bean 
seed was reported from Durant on the same date, and from 
Charleston, Tallahatchie County, on April 12. 
California A. S. Michelbacher (April 19): The garden centipede 
( Scutigerella immaculata Uewp. ) damage at Clarksburg appears 
to be somewhat less this year than last. However, in the 
delta region there are areas where it is doing a considerable 
amount of damage to asparagus, onions, and sugar beets. 
SOWBUGS (Oniscidae) 
Kansas H. R. Bryson (April 22): Two reports from Wichita, April 
11, state that sowfrugs were causing damage in that vicinitjr. 
One instance reports this pest injuring strawberr" plants. 
POTATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
North Carolina W. A. Thomas (April 8): Adults seem to be unusually abundant 
on young potatoes. To date no oviposition has been observed. 
