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of Baton Rouge. This damage v:as "being done largely by three 
species. The leaf -footed plant tug, Leptoglossv.s phyllouus L . t 
'■c.s the principal offender, while Su schist us ser vas Say and 
", e 2 ■":■-. - -, viridula L. '.ere present in injurious numbers. 
MEGRO BUG ( Thyrecocoris p ui i car iu s Germ. ) 
Mississippi R. "7. Earned (June 22): Megro bugs have been received from ZUis- 
ville, Independence, and Winona, -here they '--ere reported as 
injuring Irish potato plants. 
CABBAGE 
CaBBAGE MAGGOT ( Hylemyia brassicae Bouche) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (-June 20): Cabbage maggots were reported "oy Mr. 
Whit comb of the market garden district in Middlesex County as 
about average abundance, and their appearance "'as just about ncr - 
mal. .-- report from Bristol County, however, from a region 
around Bight on, shoved the first eggs fully two weeks earlier 
than in IQ2o, and somewhat earlier than is normal for this species. 
Maryland "7. C. Rohde (May 27): E horbia brassicae is causing considerable 
loss and necessitating much replanting. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicor^ brassicae L. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 2k) : The cabbage aphid was abundant and dam- 
aging cabbage at Terre Haute June 7. 
STRAWBERRY LB MP ROLLLR ( Ancyl i s comptana Frohl. ) 
Kansas J. "'. McColloch (June 1): a report of injury to strawberry by 
Ancyl is comptana has been received from Canton. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT "OR:! ( Pari a c an el la Bab. ) 
Alabama. N. 3. Johnt-on (May): In a strawberry bed of I : ~0 plants which 
were set out this year in the vicinity of Birmingham, several 
plants shriveled and died. An investigation revealed the work 
of the strawberry root borer. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus ovatu s L. ) 
Bontana '". 3. Mabee (June 17): The strawberry root weevil at this 
season appears to be no more abundant than usual. 
WAVY-STRIPED FLEA BEETLE (Ph yllotreta sinuata Sti 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 2k) : Reported June 20 as damaging strawber 
at Marion. 
