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SQUASH BUG ( Anasa tristis DeG.) 
Utah G. F, Knowlton (May 20): -A few adult squash- bugs have been 
taken at" Ogden, Farmington, and Salt Lake. Apparently they 
are only moderately abundant at the present time. 
CELERY 
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CELERY LEAF-TIER ( Phlyc taenia nibigalis Guen.) 
Florida C. F. Stahl (May 18): -In the May issue of the Insect Pest 
Survey Bulletin P. 123, I note that the celery leaf tier is 
.. • reported as "moderately abundant." Of course there may be 
different interpretations of the word "moderately" but I think 
■ that the statement is misleading if this season is to be com- 
pared with previous ones. Certainly the tier has been scarce 
and, with the exception of the last few weeks of the crop, 
difficult to find. 
ONIONS 
r-rxxz ONION THRIPS ( Thrips tabaci L.) 
Texas *F. L. Thomas (May 2l): The onion thrips has been reported as 
destroying the onion crop as San Angel o. 
ONION MAGGOTS ( Hylemyia ant i qua Meig.) 
New Jersey Weekly News Letter, New Jersey State College of Agriculture 
(May 26): Onion maggots have caused some damage in Gloucester 
County. 
SWE5TP0TAT0 
SWEETPOTATO FLEA BEETLE ( Chaetocnema confinis Or.) 
Mississippi K. L. Cockerham (May 21): Mr. W. B. Hollingsworth reports that 
■il 3 .ifkK»ihyj it, flea beetles are very numerous in the vicinity of Picayune, dam- 
aging plants in the seed beds. The species is presumed to be 
the sweetpotato flea beetle. 
R. W. Earned (May 25): Slight injury to sweetpotato plants 
by flea beetles was reported in a field in Adams County, and 
severe damage in Jackson; also severe damage in seed beds in 
Greene and George Counties, 
