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Mississippi 
PILL3UGS (Oniscidae) 
R. W. Harnecl and assistants (March): A correspondent at 
Laurel sent to this office on March 9 some pillbugs with 
the following cement: "They "sinply eat everything we plant 
and curl themselves around rose sterns and suck the life out 
of then. " 
R. P. Coiner (March 21): Pillbugs have "been noderately 
abundant in gardens in the vicinity of Pascagoula. 
Especially bad on young flower plants. 
POTATO 
Mississippi 
Texas 
Wyoming 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa deceralineata Say) 
K. L. Cockerham (March 21): The first Colorado potato 
beetle of the 1°31 season was found on Irish potato on March 
21 and the second on March 22, at Biloxi. 
P. L. Thomas (March 21): The first specimen of the Colorado 
potato beetle vra,s observed this season at College Station 
today. 
C. L. Corkins (March 19): The Colorado potato beetle is 
scarce. 
Missouri 
Mississippi 
CABBAGE 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM ( Pieris rapae L. ) 
L. Haseman (March 23): An occasional butterfly has been 
seen on the wing at Columbia on warm days. 
K. L. Cockerham (March 22): The first imported cabbage 
worm was seen on March 22, attacking cabbage at 3iloxi. 
H. Dietrich (March 21); Adults were seen flying over 
cabbage fields at Lucedale and Richton on warm days during 
March. 
Kansas 
Mississippi 
H. R. Bryson (March 20): The imported cabbage worm is 
reported as moderately abundant. 
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DIAMOND-BACK MOTH ( Plutella maculipennis Curt. ) 
H. Dietrich (March 21): The diamond-back moth is very 
abundant on cabbage at Lucedale but very few moths are 
emerging, owing to parasitism. 
