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DIAMONDBACK MOTH ( plutella naculipennis Curt.) 
Ohio. R. H. Davidson (August 17): A few larvae wore observed on cabbage 
grown on the State Tarn at Columbus. The injury is of ninor importance, 
CABBAGE LOOPER ( Auto^rapha brassicae Riley) 
Ohio. R. H. Davidson' (August 17): Larvae are vory abundant on cabbage 
grown on the State Farm at Columbus. The infestation is heavy and in- 
jury is severe. On account of the humid weather prevailing at present, 
many of the larval stages arc dying from a bacterial disease. 
Mississippi. C. Lylo (August 2H): The cabbage loopcr was reported by L. J. 
Goodgane as causing serious damage to mustard in Monroe County on 
August 21. On the sane date it was unusually destructive tc fall 
turnips at State College. 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
South Carolina. C. 0. Bare ■ (August 2H) • At least three species of flea 
beetles arc involved in a severe attack on the seedlings of a 10-acre 
planting of cabbage in the Charleston area. A number of growers re- 
port similar trouble. The striped flea' beetle ( Phyllotreta vittata P.) 
and an undetermined species both present in approximately equal numbers 
are responsible for the greater part of the damage. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicorvne brass icae L.) 
Ohio. R. K. Davidson (August J) : Injury by the cabbage aphid is noticeable 
on cabbage at Columbus. Parasites and predators are keeping the insect 
in check. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swcnk (August 11): From Dawson County comes the complaint 
of the cabbage aphid infesting cabbage plants. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (August 2.k) • Cabbage aphids are injuring cabbage in 
the Spanish Fork area. 
MELONS 
CUCUMBER BEETLES ( Piabrotica spp.) 
California. J. C. Elmore (August 6): Cucumber beetles, D. sorer Lee, D. 
balteata Lee, and p_. trivittota Mann., were very numerous on water- 
melon vines at Chula Vista, San Diego County. The beetles had eaten 
from one-half to all of the ;reen surface from many of the melons, 
causing them to have the color of nuskmolons. 
R. E. Campbell (August 7): The following is quoted from the 
Los Angeles County Farm Bureau Monthly, August, 1936, page 7: "A few 
serious cases of bacterial wilt have appeared in several squash 
