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ONIONS 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci Lind. ) 
Connecticut,* N. Turner (June 22); Locally abundant , "but much less damage 
than on the same date last year, 
California. H, J, Ryan (June 22): An unusually heavy infestation noted 
during tho month on asparagus in the San Fernando Valley, 
ONION MAGGOT ( Hylemyla antiqua Meig.) 
Oregon, D. C. Mote (June): Onion maggots doing considerable damage in the 
Labish region in northwestern Oregon, Pupae found on June lH, 
HOPS 
HOP APHID ( Phorodon humili Schr, ) 
Oregon* D, C, Mote (June): Ten-percent emergence of this aphid at Corvallis, 
where it is infest ing hop leaves, 
SPINACH 
SPINACH LEAP MINER ( Pegomyia hyoscyami Panz.) 
Connecticut, N, Turner (June 22): Two acres of spinach in Hartford County 
have about 25 percent of the plants infestod, the first commercial damage 
seen on spinach for soveral years, 
SWESTPOTATO 
TORTOISE BEETLES ( Metriona spp, ) 
Indiana, J, J, Davis (June 13): Sweetpotato tortoise beetles, M. bi color 
F, and M, bivjttata Say, have been reported as destructively abundant 
on sweetpotatoes in several localities in the northern half of the State, 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (June 2U) j Specimens of M, bivittata received from 
Laurel, Jones County, on June 22, with a report that they were moderate- 
ly abundant on sweetpotato plants, 
SWEETPOTATO LEAF BEETLE ( Typpphorus viridicyaneus C rotch) 
North Carolina, L, W, Brannon (June 20) : First adults of the season col- 
lected in field on May 2U, 17 days earlier than the first beetle was 
found in 1937* First e£gs deposited in the insectary on June g, and 
hatched on June 1'9, 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY LEAF ROLLER (AncyJLis comptana Froel, ) 
Indiana, J, J, Davis (June 13): The insect h,as been more than usually 
abundant, judging from numerous reports, beginning the last of May and 
continuing to tho present, and indicating general infestation for 
