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Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (August): Damage to sweetootato leaves 
noticed, caused "by tortoise beetles ( Chelymomh a cassidea Eab. ) at Boonc- 
ville, Prentiss County, August 18. 
C. Lyle (August 23): Tortoise beetles representing two species, C. c assi- 
dea and Metriona bivittata Say, Were reported quite abundant on sweetoota- 
to plants at Kosciusko on July 22. 
PEPPER '.TSEVIL ( Anthonomus eugeni i Cano) 
California. J. C. Elmore (August 22): Although infestations were apparent 
on the same date as for the preceding season, the "weevils are actucally 
only 5 per cent as abundant as they were last year. Three fields are 
rather heavily infested but are known to have been infested from protected 
nightshade patches where the weevils have survived the winter. The general 
light . infestation this year is due to the destruction of buds and pods early 
the preceding fall by unusually heavy weevil infestations so that only 
adult weevils were able to enter the v inter. Heavy infestations pre usually 
possible because adults are able to continue emerging from late pods until 
February or March, or are able to survive on peppers or nightshade when 
either are not destroyed by artificial or natural means. Abnormally low 
temperatures during December and January caused a heavy mortality of both 
weevils and host plants. Low temperatures also retarded egg laying until 
March 29, whereas egg laying began February 14 the previous year. 
PEPPER MAC-GOT ( Spilographa electa Say) 
New Jersey. T. J. Keadlcc and R. C. Burdette (July 25 .and 27): The pepper 
maggot fly is still abundant and peper fields show heavy egg infestation. 
STRAJBSRRY 
WHITE 3HUBS ( Eiyllophaga spp. ) 
Pennsylvania. C. A. Thomas (August 24): Numerous complaints have been received 
during July and early August of injury to strawberry plants by white grubs 
which chewed off the plants at the crown. 
BOXELDER BUG ( Lento corus trivittatus Say) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (August 18): The boxelder bug destroyed a planting at 
St. Joseph of ' everbearing strawberries; Eggs, nymphs, -and adults present 
in great numbers. 
