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■ • TURNIP APHID ( Rhooalosiphum pseudobrassicae Davis) 
South Carolina lfc % H e B runs on (February 14): .^phis brassicas has been destructive 
on turnips and is fairly general over the State. 
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J. M, Robinson (February 18): The turnip louse is quite abun- 
dant in (turnip croons at the present time, 
M„ M. High (January 26): The turnip aphid is doing serious 
damage to turnip, mustard, cabbage, and like crops through the 
State at this tine. (February 26)-: The turnip aphid has been 
very abundant on turnip, radish, and mustard the past several 
weeks, but some growers have kept the injury down by dusting 
with nicotine dust on '.-arm days. The pest does more or less 
injury in this State every month of the year. 
R* W« Harned (February 12): Rhopalosiphum pseudobrassicae 
Davis on collard from Hattiesburg February 1. 
W» E, Hinds (February 23): The turnip plant louse is extremely 
abundant and destroying stands of radishes, turnips, etc., 
in many localities in this State. Complaints are particularly 
strong from trucking areas in the vicinity of New Orleans. 
F. L. Thomas (February 20): Turnip lice ( Aphis pseudobrassica e 
Davis) were becoming abundant on turnips just before the 
recent cold spell occurred, February 8 - 10. 
PMTATOMIDS 
J. M, Robinson (February 18): Certain pentatomids have been 
causing damage in the extreme southern part of the State to 
turnips. 
STRIPED FLEA BEETLE ( Phyllotret a vittata Fab. ) 
M* M. High (January 26): The striped furnipsflea beetle 
( Phyllotreta vittata Fab.) is very plentiful this season at 
Gulf port and was observed to destroy several early plantin.rs 
of turnips just after the plants had come up and before these 
attained a height of 3 to 4 inches. 
CABBAGE 
CABBAGE .TEBffOBM ( Heliula undalis Fab*) 
V., U ii.-h (January 26): The imported cabbage webworm 
( Kellula undalis Sab.) until the recent cool weather was doi-. 
serious injury to cruciferous crops over the State. 
