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the plants have "been killed, while others arc "badly discolored and 
the foliage wilted. 
Georgia. C. H. Alden (April 20): A large number of adults have been 
found in gardens at Cornelia. They are more numerous than last year. 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (April 26): Many adults-were noted on April 20, 
feeding on mustard in Montgomery County. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April): At Magee, Simpson County, J. Milton re- 
ported noticeable damage to turnips on April 19; in Grenada a 
heavy infestation in a garden was observed oy N, L. Douglass; and 
at Lexington damage was done to turnips. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (April): The harlequin cabbage bug has been active, 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brcvicoryno brassicac L.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): Cabbage aphids 
have been very abundant in some fields of cabbage, seed kale, and 
seed collards in the Norfolk area. 
Mississippi. N. D. Pccts (April 21): Heavy infestations of aphids on 
cabbage were found recently at Brookhaven. 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (April 18): Practically all cabbage in Mont- 
gomery County is at least moderately infested with cabbage aphids. 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS BEETLE ( Crioceris asparagi L. ) 
Virginia,. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): Adults and eggs 
are rather abundant in a field of asparagus in Northampton County. 
South Carolina. ^ . C. Nettles (April 23): The asparagus beetle is more 
noticeable than usual. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (April 27): Adults were brought from Roy, Weber 
County, in northern Utah, by a farmer who reported that he noticed 
the insect in 1937 for the first time. This is my first knowledge 
of its occurrence in the State. 
Washington. E. W. Jones and M. C. Lane (April 19): The asparagus beetle 
was found in asparagus fields around Walla Walla on April 13 and is 
now common. 
California. R. E, Campbell (April 13): Asparagus beetles arc causing 
considerable damage in Los Angeles County by feeding and laying 
eggs on asparagus shoots. 
