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Virginia W« F* White (September 1?): This insect is reported from Arlington 
as completely defoliating one-fourth of an acre of squash. 
ONION 
ONION TKRIFS (Thrips tabaci L.) 
ohio H. A, Go s sard (September 18): Thrips tabaci L. appeared in 
destructive numbers in onion fields on muck land in the western 
part of the State in late July and early August following extended 
urought. Crop yields were sericusly impaired in some fields, 
the onions being killed when the "boles were no larger than 
pickling size. Nicotine sulphate ap-oiied with a power sprayed 
^as found to give partial success in controlling the outbreak, 
but heavy rains did more good, 
Michigan Eugenia McDaniel (August IS): The onion thrips has "been reported 
from a Michigan onion field at Charlotte, where a good percentage 
of the crop has "been destroyed, 
SW~TET I - CTA TO 
SWEET-POTATO WEEVIL (Cylas f ormicar ins Fab.) 
Florida and Bureau of Entomology Monthly News Letter No* 112. The summer 
Georgia inspection for the sweet-potato weevil in Baker County, Fla. , 
and Charlton County, Ga„ , has just bsen finished and the present 
findings indicate that very successful progress has be^n made 
in this work. More complete recruits will be obtained during 
fall inspection "but the weevil has, apparently, been eradicated 
in the \7orst danger centers and it is expected that no unusual 
difficulty will be experienced in clean ing up the remaining 
infestations. 
Mississippi x. l* Cockerham (August 28): The sweet-potato crop of southern 
Mississippi has been damaged by tne continuous rains which have 
prevailed during the entire summer. If the heavy and constant 
rains continue during September and early October the sweet - 
potato crop in the lowlands around the bayous and rivers will 
pcobably sour and rot in the fields before harvest; this rotting 
in the fields wi?l materially reduce the sweet-potato weevil 
infestation, as both ac'ult ard larval stages perish in decomposed 
potatoes. The smaller amount of potatoes stored during the 
winter will also reduce the food supply of overwintering weevils, 
BLACK-LEGGED TORTOISE-EEETLE (Jcn tronota njg -ripes 01 iv,) 
New Mexico R. Middlebrook (August 26): This is the first year that they 'have 
Deen sufficient to attract much notice in Dona Ana County. I do 
not believe they have done any appreciable damage although some 
farmers claim a loss* 
