GARDEN CENTIPEDE ( Scuti^erella immaculata Newp.) 
California, S. Lockv7ood (February 25): . The lowlands of the Sacramento 
Valley have "been inundated for several days. It is believed- that if 
the water is not pumped out too soon, the asparagus fields will be 
rid, to a degree at least, of the garden centipede. 
A. E. Michelbacher (February 2k)'. In checking over some 
infested fields in the delta area' of the Sacramento and San Joaquin 
Rivers, I found a marked reduction of the pest in several places. 
TOMATO 
A CHIRONOMID ( Spaniotoma sp. ) 
Ohio, J. N. Knull (January 15): Numerous tomato plants in a greenhouse 
at Lancaster were infested with chlronomid larvae, probably of the 
genus Spaniotoma . The larvae entered the stems just above the ground 
level and worked up into the living tissue. The injury caused the 
young plants to break and wither. 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips tabaci Lind. ) 
Virginia. H, G-. Walker (February 2S): The onion thrips was found to be 
seriously injuring young tomato and celery plants in a greenhouse at 
Norfolk. Apparent ly the thrips had been breeding on cucumber vines 
and when the old vines were removed and replaced with young tomato and 
celery plants, large numbers of the thrips transferred their attention 
to them and caused serious injury before their presence was- detected 
and control measures were applied. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (F e bruary 26): Onion thrips are beginning to increase 
in numbers in the Winter Garden district. The infestation is much 
lighter than in 1935 at this time, averaging less than 5 per onion 
plant on February 2*4- . 
BEANS 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Forst.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (February 28): Large numbers of bean leaf beetles 
were found hibernating under trash in an old bean field at Norfolk on 
February 27. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (February 17): Beetles were found hibernating 
beneath dead leaves and grass at Experiment between January lH and Feb- 
ruary 17. 
