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of a cicada ( Tieicen davisi S. 5= 0. ) seriously damaging large commercial 
plantings of the fern asparagus ( Asmara -u s plmosus) in lalm Eeach, Ela. 
The damage was occasioned by the feeding of the cicada nymphs on the roots 
of these plants. Adults began emerging in large numbers during early 
September and they oviposited very freely in the lath shade which is used 
in these ferneries and also in any other available objects. 
.A E3GH0 DUG. 
A very unusual type of in jury 'was observed in September in the 
Norfolk district of Virginia. A small black burrower bug ' : (Panagaeus 
uhleri Sign.) was attacking newly sprouted spinach, killing the young 
plants before they pushed through the soil. They were so numerous in one 
field that 43 acres had to be resown. 
WHITE-LIKED SrHINX 
One of the periodical outbreaks of the white- lined sphinx ( Celerio 
lineata Fab.) occurred this year in parts of VtyOming, ITevada, and the Lake 
Tahoe district of California. Enormous numbers of the caterpillars 
crawling over the ground attracted considerable attention. It was also 
reported in unusual numbers from North Dakota. Very little damage, however, 
was done by these insects. 
ARGENTINE ANT 
The Argentine ant ( Iridomyrmex hum i lis Mayr ) continued to be one 
of the most annoying and injurious insect pests occurring in Mississippi. 
Early in the season we received records of the finding of this insect at 
Smart an sburg, S. C, and in three of the municimal greenhouses in Baltimore, 
Ma. 
A SCAHA3A3ID BEETLE 
A scarabaeid beetle ( "Jolbocerosom a bruneri D. McC.) seriously damaged 
golf greens near Lincoln, Nebr. , early in September. The damage was very 
similar to that, occasioned by white grubs. 
A ClHCULIONID 
The finding of Cleonus niger Scop, in Yates County, N. Y. , again this 
year seems to indicate that this European pest is established in that 
State. In Europe this ins'ect is known as a sugar-beet pest. 
