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DIAMOND-BACK MOTH ( Plutella naculipenni s Curt.) 
Mississippi R, W. Earned (February 23): Plutella m?,culipennis was 
collected on a cabbage plant at Oholona on Februar Tr 6. 
Henry Dietrich (February 25): larvae were found in large 
numbers on cabbage, both plants in bods and set out at 
Luced^.le; adults and pupae also present in February. 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (February 25): Diamond-back moths are abundant 
on cabbage in the Salt River valley. Larvae vere mining the 
leaves on January 25. 
IMPORTED CABBAGE WOEM ( Pieris r apae L. ) 
North Carolina R. W. Lei by (February 19): An adult was observed on the 
wing February 19 at Raleigh. This is not unusual, for we 
have records of the occurrence of this adult for every 
month in the year at Raleigh. 
Missouri L. Haseman (February 26): During the noon hour today I saw 
my first cabbage butterfly on the wing -at Columbia. 
CABBAGE MAG-GOT ( Hylenyia brassicae Bouche) 
Alabama J. M. Robinson (February 27): The cabbage maggot is 
moderately abundant at Auburn; 25 per cent of the lettuce in 
one garden has ''oee-n destroyed. 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY ROOT APHID (Aphi s forbesi Weed) 
Alabama J. M. Robinson (February 27): ^he strawberry root louse 
is moderately abundant, killing plants in beds at Geneva. 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS MUTER (A--:ronyza simp lex Loow) 
California H. J. Ryan (January 15): The asparagus ndner lias recently 
been added to the short list of insects attacking asparagus 
in southern California, through the finding of an infestation 
in a fiold at Sforwalk. A check of fields in *d_j">c.ent areas 
shors it to bo of more or less general ^courronco in that part 
of los Angeles County, and reports h^ve since been receivsd 
indicating that it also occurs in the San Fernando Valley. 
This pest seems to be well distributed over the world and 
has previously been recorded as being very abundant in the 
Sacramento and San Joaquin delta regions of California, but 
apparently has not previously been recorded from the southern 
part of the State. 
