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FISLD CRICKET ( Gr.yllus assimili s Fab.) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (April 22): The black field cricket is now caus- 
ing considerable damage at ■'Chad-bourn to developing strawberries, the outer 
surface being gnawed on both green and ripe fruit, rendering it worthless 
for market purposes. The injury is confined almost entirely to those fields 
where no poison sulphur dust was applied for weevil control. 
California. F. H. Wymore ( April 25): The common field cricket , G-. assimilis . 
occurred in great numbers near Woodland on April 23, migrating into fields 
of green vegetation from a field where the vegetation was drying up. "Various 
species of birds, including the red- winged blackbird, cow bird, killdeer, 
etc., were feeding on them. 
LESSER CORN STALK BORER ( Elasmo -palpus lignosellus Zell.) 
North Carolina. L. B. Reed (April 21): The lesser corn stalk borer has been 
causing some injury to strawberries at Chadbourn, but not so much as dur- 
ing last year. ' '■•' ■ 
A SPITTLE BUG ( Auhroohora permutata Uhl. ) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (April 10): The spittle bug A. permuiata appeared in a 
field on April 1 on strawberries at Lacomb. ('". D. Edwards.) 
A SPITTLE BUG- ( Philaneus leucophthalmus L. ) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (April 10): The spittle bug P. s-pumarius was found in a 
field at T/oodburn on April 11. (X. '.7. Gray.) 
A CURCULIONIL ( Geoderces sp. ) 
California. L. M. Smith (April 12): Geoderces, probably a new saecies, again 
inflicted severe injury to strawberries in a few localized areas of the 
Santa Clara Valley. Infested plants showed from 3 to 32 larvae feeding on 
the roots this spring. At the present time the majority of the specimens 
are in the pupal stadium. 
STRAWBERRY MITE ( Tarsonemus fragariae Zimm. ) 
California. L. M. Smith (April 13): The strawberry mite is now present in 
great numbers in certain strawberry patches in the Santa Clara Valley. Lur- 
ing the past three years this mite has been scarce in the spring and abun- 
dant in the fall. At the present time, however, it is as abundant in some 
patches as it has been at the peak : of its occurrence in the fall. 
BEETS 
BEET LEAPgOPPER ( Eutettix tenallus- Bak. ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (April 19): The beet leafhopper is moderately abundant 
in northern Utah in some breeding grounds. 
