Alabama 
New York 
North Carolina 
-207- 
J. M. Robinson (May 25): 
at Auburn. 
The harlequin bug is very abundant 
STRIPED FLEA BEETLE ( Phyllotreta vittata Koch) 
Weekly News Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
(Mayii):H. Glasgow reports that the cabbage flea beetles are 
very abundant in cabbage seedbeds generally this season and 
are likely to cause serious damage. 
Geneva Experiment Station, Geneva, New York (May): The 
cabbage flea beetle is very abundant over western New York, 
W. A. Thomas (May 19): These insects have recently trans- 
ferred from pepper grass to the foliage and developing seed-pods 
of mustard and broccoli near the laboratory at Chadbourn. The 
foliage has been converted into sieves and the green seed-pods 
are withering and drying up on the plants. The insects are so 
numerous as to give some plants a blackish appearance. 
' STPAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY WEEVIL ( Ant ho norms signatus Say) 
North Carolina C. H. Brannon (May 18): Causing considerable damage to 
dewberries in Cumberland County. 
Mississippi 
Oregon 
State Plant Board (May 4): The first record of the strawberry 
weevil in Mississippi has just been reported by J. P. Kislanko, 
who found the weevils seriously damaging young berry plants at 
the Jackson-Harrison-Stone Junior College. at Pcrkineton. The 
insects were very abundant, causing damage ranging from 25 per 
cent to 80 per cent of the crop. This is the first known 
record in Mississippi, although the insect has probably been in 
the State for many years, as it has been reported from practi- 
cally every other State east of the .Rocky Mountains. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVILS (Curculionidae) 
D. C. Mote (April 24): The common weevil Brachyrhinus ovatus 
L. is moderately abundant and B. rugosostriatus Goeze is appar- 
ently scarce, as reported by J. Wilcox. 
D, C. Mote (April 24): J. Wilcox reports the native weevils 
Dy slob us ur sinus Horn and D. decoratus Lee. laying eggs. They 
are apparently more abundant this year than last. 
