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Texas. F. L, Thomas (Octgfcsr 22): .Observed on tomato, okra, butter beans, 
and peas in Rusk r ■-. County, on October 15. Almost impossible 
to raise late peas. 
TARNISHED' PIANT BUG ( Lygus prat ens is L, ) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (October 18): Has been unusually abundant during Septem- 
ber and October throughout much of southern Iowa. Their actual damage 
has probably been negligible, but large numbers on garden plants have 
proved very annoying. 
Kansas. -H. R. Bryson (October 23): More abundant this fall than last. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Sen ill. ) 
Michigan.' R. Hutson (October 22): Numerous north of a line from Muskegon to 
Bay City. 
A LEAF-FOOTED BUG ( Leptoglossus sp. ) 
Alabama. I. M. Robinson (October 20): leaf-leg bug is unusually abundant on 
field peas and late tomatoes. 
MOLE CRICKETS ( Gryllotalpa spp. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (October 19): In late September we received from 
southern Hampden County (in the Connecticut River Valley just above the 
Connecticut State line) specimens that proved to be the northern mole 
cricket (G. hexadactyla Party), with the complaint that they were very 
abundant in a planting of .potatoes. We visited this outbreak and found 
that while digging the potatoes the grower had uncovered more than 100 of 
these insects. Examination of his crop, which amounted to 40 or 50 bushels, 
showed more than 10 percent of it injured more or less, with many of the 
potatoes so deeply gouged that they were worthless. This is the first 
report of these insects occurring in appreciable numbers. We have taken 
them occasionally on the average of possibly one a season but never in 
large enough numbers to be considered of economic importance. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (October 6): Mole crickets are causing considerable 
concern in grrdens at Baker Hill. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (September 1): Mole crickets damaging general truck crops 
in Galveston County, and in Houston, Harris County, they are attacking 
dahlias, 
TOMATO 
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TOMATO PINWORM ( Gnor imps enem a lycopersicella Busck) 
Florida. J* R, Watson (October 22): A survey of the tomato fields in the 
southern part of the State showed the pinworm to be exceedingly scarce. 
