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slope in Colorado, but I have never had it reported as a pest in 
any of the garden areas of the \7e stern slope in this State* It 
has heen only moderately aljundant on cuciimhers and melons this year 
PICKLE '.TOHI.I ( Diaphania nitidalis Stoll) 
J. J. Davis (September 2k): ' The pickle --orm was destructive to 
cucumbers at Princeton according to a report received September 1^:. 
SQUASH 
SQUASH SUG (Anasa tristis DeC-. ) 
:i. H. 3'.7enk (August 25-September 25) : Injury by the squash bug 
continued to be increasingly complained of during late August and 
early September. 
OITICM 
CITIOIT I.IAGCK)T ( Hylemyia anti^ua Meis;.) 
C. P. Gillette (September 3): This species, like the cabbage 
maggot, has also been rather rapidly on the increase in the onion- 
grov.lng sections of the State during the last fe-r years. It has 
also spread to some of the garden sections of the v« stern slope. 
C-'IC" THRIFS (Thrills tabaci L. ) 
A. I. Sourne (September 2o) i Cnion thrips throughout the Coniiect- 
icut Valley region this past season caused only a light to moder- 
ate infestation. 'Thilc this represented a considerable advance 
over the condition in l^sS, r:hen the pest v;as remarkably scarce, 
yet compered -dth the condition durin?; the period of the last ten 
yecjTs, the present season's abundance ^70uld be just about one- 
half norm^il infestation. 
BEST 
BEST ROOT APHID (per.TOhi^::us betr.e Doane) 
C. P. Gillette (September 8): The losses due to this aphid are 
uniform from year to year, as it is generally distributed through- 
out the sugarbcct-gror.dng esea. of the Strte. The losses sustained, 
v;hile seldom severe, are in aggregate rather heavy. The almost 
complete elimination of the narro-v-leaved cottonwoods on the farms 
of the beet-grovang sections, has apparently reduced the losses 
to some extent. 
ZEBHA CATERPILLAR ( luamestra mcta Harr. ) 
G. G. Sch'jeis (September lU): These insects have apprrently mi- 
