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TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE ( Bpitrix parvula Fab. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (April 26): The tobacco flea beetle is moderately ai- 
dant on potatoes at I'orfolk, 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (April 24): Flea "beetles on tobacco have oeen report 
from many places in the State. Among these were Owensboro, Boiling Green, 
Lexington, Paris, Georgetown, Richmond, and Winchester. 
Tennessee. J. U. Gilmore (April 25): 'This pest has not appeared in sufficient 
numbers in tobacco plant beds this spring to cause serious loss of plants. 
Many beds have not been dusted, whereas usually two or three treal 3 v ere 
needed to save beds from destruction where the beds were poorly canvassed. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (April): This insect was reported attack- 
ing tomatoes in several parts of the State. (Abstract, J. A. H. ) 
CLOVER LEAE WEEVIL ( Hyper a punctata Eab. ) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (April 24): The clover leaf weevil lias been taken from 
tobacco beds where it was causing considerable injury. The beds so damaged 
were located at Lexington, Paris, and Georgetown. 
TOBACCO THRIP3 ( Frankliniella fuse a Hinds) 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (April 26): .Heavy rains during the past i ks 
have been very detrimental to thrips populations in Gadsden, and very few 
are to be found on tobacco plants. 
A CRANE FLY ( Limnobia sp.) 
Tennessee. J. Milam (April 25): Last spring this unusual pest of tobacco 
plant beds caused some actual loss of plants due to excessive aeration of 
the dry soil at Clarksville. It also caused considerable apprehension on 
the part of the farmers. In the same localities this season the sa-ne 
farmers report that this pest is practically absent. 
A CRAKE FLY ( Ngphrotoma suturalis Loew) 
Florida and Georgia. J. R. Watson (April 24): A crane fly larva, provisionally 
identified as N. suturalis . was severely damaging newly set tobacco plants 
at Monticello. This damage was reported to be extensive in Georgia. 
A MIEGE ( Ca-T.-ptocladius by s sinus Schrank) 
North Carolina. C. II. Brannon (April 1): This species, determined by C. I. 
Greene, has been present in large numbers in tobacco plant beds from 
Raleigh east. Growers report that the larvae are very destructive. 
