Missouri 
Nebraska 
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L. Baseman (May 24): Last soring and again this string a 
number of horse-radish growers in St. Louis County have had 
trouble with the horse-radish- £i«a beetle; on May 7 the "beetles 
'"ere actively feeding and ovipositing, and in older plants the 
half-grown larvae -ere already at ^ork in the leaf stalks. 
^ESTEBN GAPDEN FLEi BEETLE ( Phyllotreta uusilla Horn) 
A fa v 
M. H. Swenk (April 15-Ma'y 15): During the second week in way 
reports of serious damage to young radishes by the western cab- 
bage flea beetle '"ere received from Kearney County, 
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PEPPEP WEEVIL (Anthonomus eu genii Cano ) 
California 
J. C. Elmore (May 25): The pepper weevil was found in a pep- 
per field in mids.eason numbers (6 adults to 200 feet of ro^) 
which is unusual for this date' at Norvalk. The weevils are to 
be found on nightshade in several localities in Los Angeles and 
Orange Counties. 
Alabama 
Nebraska 
EGGPLANT 
EGGPLANT FLEA. BEETLE ( Epitrix fuscul* Crotch) 
L. "7. Branhon (May 11): This species of flea beetle has been 
doing considerable damage to young eggplants in the locality of 
Birmingham. 
SERPENTINE LEAF TINY?. ( Agromyza pus ilia Meig. ) 
M. H. Swenk (April 15-:'ey 15): Airing the third week in 
April an instance of young eggplants having been seriously in- 
jured by the leaf miner Agromyza pus 1 1 la was reported from 
Lou gl a s Coi Jnt y . 
SOUTHS EN F I E L D - C K F INSECTS 
TOBACCO 
Florida 
Florida 
TOBACCO BUDTOPL ( Mel i o this virescens Fgb. ) 
F. S. Clnmberlin (May 16): The tobacco bud worm is less abund- 
ant then is usually the case in May. 
-,0TrI ( Fhthoriaaea op erculella "ell.) 
J, R. latson (M' y B): The tobacco split worm is doing con- 
