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StfSET- PO TATO WEEVI L 
"Damage by the sweet-potato weevil ( C.ylc-.o: f ormicarius ?a;,)has 
"been less this season in Mississippi and Alabama than in previous years, 
and there has not been a single report of a severe or heavy infestation. 
Most of the farms show only one or two hills infested. During the year 
only 38 infested farms were found in Mississippi and .2 in Alabama, lo- 
cated as follows: 12 in Pearl aiver County, 6 in Hancock County, 14 in 
Harrison County and 6 in Jackson County, Mississippi and 2 in Mobile 
County, Alabama. This is the lowest total number of infested farms re- 
ported for a year's work since this project was undertaken. Ho weevils 
have been found in George County, Mississippi, for three years." 1 
IMP0HT2D CABBAGE WORM 
The imported cabbage worm ( Fieri s rarae L.) was much more abundant 
thds year than usual in the East- Central -States, and in Wisconsin, Mis- 
sissippi, and Utah, and the cabbage looper ( Auto graph a brassicae Riley) 
did very considerable damage in the Boathern States from Texas eastward 
to Illinois, Virginia, and the extreme southern pert of the Sastern Shore 
of Maryland. 
The cabbage webwom ( Hellula undalis Fab.) became extremely abun- 
dant in the Gulf Coast district of Mississippi., completely destroying 
several hundred acres of turnips. 
POTATO TUBER WORM 
The potato tuber worm ( Phthorimara operculella Zell.) rras unusually 
prevalent on the Department of Agriculture Farm at Arlington, Va. , this 
year and also on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. A report of 
this insect was received from Frederick County, Mi., being the first report 
from the western part of the State. The Eggplant leaf miner (P. glochinella 
Zell.) a cl~>:;-".ly related smecies caused a 40 per cent loss of the tomato 
crop in San Diego County, Calif., this year. This insect is present in 
Los Angeles and Orange Counties but it is not doing so much damage there. 
CABBAGE APHID 
Daring the first part of February the cabbage aphid, ( Drevicoryne 
brassica e L. ) was observed in unusual numbers in the Salt River Valley 
of Arizona.. Daring the first week of March it did considera.ble damage In 
the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Early in March it became extremely 
abundant in southern Alabama and Mississippi necessitating control mea- 
sures. As th( S] ring advanced it occurred in such numbers in the track- 
growing district of Virginia as to cut down the yield of sec:' kale about 
50 nor cent. Later in the season it was reported from the entire northern 
1 K. L. Cockeahafti, Bureau of Entomology, U. 3. D. A. 
