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STALK BORER ( Papaipema nitela Guen.) 
Maine E. M. Patch (July 2l) : Frederick H. Jordan reports 10 per cent 
or more of his tomato plants riddled by them. He lately found 
them working in the potato tops. 
SWEET-POTATO WEEVIL ( Cylas formicarius Fab.) 
Oklahoma E. E. Scholl (June 6): The larval stage of the sweet-potato weevil 
is present at Comanche, in Stephens County. These probably originate 
from slips grown at Harlingen, Tex. 
CABBAGE 
IMPORTED CABBAGF.*/ORI' r ( Pontia rapae L.) 
Hew York G. E. Smith (July 15): This insect is attacking cabbage in Orleans 
County. Butterflies are plentiful and laying many eg;gs . 
Missouri L. Haseman (July): This species has been unusually abundant in 
home gardens and on cabbage in commercial truck gardens throughout 
the State. 
South Dakota A. L. Ford and H. C. Severin (July 16): This pest appeared in 
damaging numbers all over the State qudte suddenly during the second 
week in July, and is more abundant compared with an average year. 
STRAWBERRY 
BLACK VINE WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus sulcatus Fab.) 
Utah I. M. Hawley (June 15): This species is abundant in beds in Cache, 
Salt Lake, and Summit Counties, usually just in spots in fields, but 
in a few cases they have killed out nearly all plants. 
MILLIPEDS 
Kansas Geo. A. Doan (June 20): These millipedpr. are reported from Phillips 
County for the first time attacking strawberries. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT-WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus o vat us L.) 
h (July 10): Mrs. Lid a Walsh reports this species "in 
e in town in large numbers." The adults have the "house" 
habit in Maine. They get in by the thousands sometimes. 
FALSE CHINCH-BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill.) 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (July 12): Recently we have been receiving complaints 
from the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan of the 
destruction of crops Dy the false chinch-bug. Today it is straw- 
berries, one-half to two- thirds of the plants in an acre having been 
killed, at Pelleston. 
Maine E. M. Pat 
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