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grated from 'burdock to "beets. Earlier in the year they iTere 
reported frorr. leriiley on clfalfa. ITo serious dair^e reported. 
STISS CHaHD 
SPOTTED BE2T TJEFuOBll ( Hymenia per soec talis KulDn. ) 
L. W. Brannon (August 29): Iloths of this species v^ere seen fly- 
ing about in a patch of Sv/iss chard on July 1. Z'ine moths 'vere 
caught that day. The first larva of this species '.7as found in 
the field on June 27 so the inoths appeared sooner than first no- 
ticed. On July S the first pupa v/as found and on July 12 all 
stages of larvae v;ere plentiful. First generation moths started 
appearing in the field o n July IS.- First genera- 
tion moths that emerged august 9 ar® still alive. Second gener« 
ation larvae are non' pupating and second generation moths v.dll 
prohahly be out in about 10 days. Larvae of this species are not 
doing so much damage this season as they did last year. 
ST/EET rOTATO 
A TORTOISE BEETLE ( lletriona bivittata Say). 
2. i. Earned (September 22): Tortoise beetles, ?:etfiona bivittata, . 
v;ere collected in a s'Teet-potato field at T.ctc.iez. on AD.gu.st 22; 
vere reported as causing considerable injury. 
S'vTEET -POTATO EXE A BEETLE ( Chaet ocnem.a. conf inis Cr . ) 
X. L. Cockerhar? (August 29); Those flea beetles '-'Orc abundant in 
a s";eet -potato field at St. Elmo and -ere apparently doing con- 
siderable damage. 
SE::ITR0PIC.-.L ARLTT/ORi'I ( Frodenia - eridania Cram. ) 
'J. Earned (September .22) : Specimens of the semi tropical army- 
Trorm Xyl omyge s eridania have been received recently from Eruit- 
lamd Fark and Fatchez. Serious injury to s-rect -potatoes "'as re- 
ported from both places. 
EGG-Fij AI-'-i' 
EGGPLAl'T LACE3UG (Gar^gaphia solanii Heia. ) 
R. TJ. Earned (September 22): Specimens of the eggplant lacebug 
v/ere collected from eggplants at Hal stead on September 14. 
TL^MIPS 
CABBaGE KAGGOT ( Kvlemyia brassicae Bouchc) 
E. 17. Hendcnhall (August 25): '<<,uite a little domage was reported 
