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POTATO TUBER WOR5I ( Phthorinae?. o^erculeila Zell.) 
C. H. Brannon (September 25): Potatoes sent in from Craven 
County heavily infested. 
J. J. Davis (September 22): Infested potatoes were received 
August 26, our correspondent advising us they were purchased 
at Fort fey ne, having been shipped there from some point in 
Virginia. "We have a customer in our city who purchased 
homegrown potatoes near New Haven, Ind. , that had the same 
infestation, therefore we believe that you will find this 
same trouble right in our home State" the dealer said. 
POTATO FLEA BEETLE ( Epitrix cucumeris Harr . ) 
H. S. Jaques (September 25): The potato flea beetle is very 
abundant in Crawford County. 
RING-LEGGED EARWIG ( Anisolabis annul ipes Lucas) 
H. Dietrich (September 20): Earwigs are very abundant in 
stored Irish potatoes and eating out the tubers at Lucedale. 
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CABBAGE 
IMPORTED CA3BAGE WORM ( Pieris rapae L.) 
J. H. Bigger (September 15): The imported cabbage worm is 
very abundant, and late cabbage being destroyed wholesale. 
A. G. P.uggles and assistants (September): The imported 
cabbage worm is reported as very abundant in Blue Earth, 77inona, 
Rice, Mover, and Lyon Counties and in parts of Carlon County. 
Over the remainder of the State it is relatively unimportant. 
H. E. Jaques (September 25): The imported cabbage worm is 
very abundant in northern and western Iowa. 
L. Haseman (September 24): The imported cabbage worm has 
been only moderately abundant since August. 
G. F. Knowlton (September 19): Larvae and adults are abundant 
at Lehi and Provo. 
SOUTHERN CABBAGE WORM ( Pieris protodice B. & L.) 
J. U. Robinson (September 19): The southern cabbage worm is 
abundant . 
"R. 7. T . Harned (September 22): Larvae were found seriously 
injuring mustard plants at Flantersville, on September 12. 
