-13S* 
bage were nailed from Hazelhur.st ipril 21. The specimens 
were determined as P. zimmormanni 3r. and P. vittata disc see r.s 
VTeisc oy '.'.". S. Fisher. 
laEBAGE EEBOTLS (HelTula undc lis Jab.) 
Texas p. l. Thomas (May 16): Many specimens of the cabbage web- 
worm were found in old plants of cabbage that rcer unmar ::: bl 
and be in;- plowed under in 7'cbb County. 
STRA"3ZRRY 
A FJFRESTID ( Chrysobothris p u T ce scene Pall) 
TJashington '.7. ',".". Baker (May 22): Larvae of C. nub^scens v;ere collected 
in strawberry crowns in '.Vliite Dalmon in 1928. Tj '. : : .1. lar- 
vae have been taken in strawberry crowns in ;h Grand Mound 
district, where they appear to have been recognized t r rowers 
at least 4 years previously. Some growers have claimed that 
they have suffered severe losses of plants duo to this beetle, 
to which they have been applying the name "hors ... - n 11." 
It is undoubtedly serious v/hon once established nd it is 
thought that the occurrence in strawberry is very interesting 
since buprestids arc conanonly considered as woo - rs. 
(A similar report was received from Cm yn last Ebv i .J.A.E.] 
STRIFZD ILIA 31ATIA ( Fhyllotreta vit-ata Pal:.) 
North Carolina ~. -. Thomas (May 15): These insects are very - t >n 
popper grass in the vicinity of Chadbou: : "her the p] 
occur in strawberry fi ids there seems to "be an overflow to 
strawberry plants. Hie damage, however, to the latter is 
very slight. 
PLAINS FALSE ITTRETTORM (gl eodes cpaca Say) 
South Dakota K. C. Sever in (May 13): The plains false wircworn i. ig- 
ing strawberries severely at Cloarvi 
RED SPIDER ( Tctraiy/chu r- tolarius L.) 
1.1 ryland E. N. Cory (y y .",) : Tin red pi Lcr Ls abundant or 
in Somerset County Marc 1. 
ASFA 
ASPARAGUS BEETLE ( grioceris asparagi L.) 
South Carolina M. H. Brunson (May 33): As j r i ;hc vicinity of Den- 
mark has been dnrag ; 3 o .. i .a- Ly by the r.?- - ' tic. 
