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CARROT 
CARROT RUST FLY ( Psila rosae Fab.) 
Massachusetts A» I. Bourne (October 24) : Professor v/hitcomb reports that 
the carrot rust fly shoved a very large amount of second- 
generation injury to oarrots, particularly in eastern Massachu- 
setts. Farsnips and celery apparently showed less injury than 
last year, although reports to date on these crops are not 
complete* ■ ■•' •'■ .-...:..■-'. 
SWEET- POTATO 
A CUTWORM ( Progenia sp.) 
Florida F* S» Chamber! in' (October 13): These caterpillars are more 
abundant thai) usual in sweet-potato fields. Defoliation has 
been observed in several instances, in Gadsden County, 
LETTUCE '. •■ 
CELERY LOOPER (A utographa falcifer a form simplex Guen.) 
Haiti Roger C* Smith (September.?.!?); The lettuce on the Station 
Farm was rained before discovered by a Plusia, probably simplex . 
The delicate green worms with narrow white stripes dorsally 
had eaten all the leaves and the crop was ruined. The worms 
were mature when discovered* 'About l/lO of an acre of lettuce 
was wholly destroyed. Mb control other than hand picking was 
recommended. 
SOUTHERN F I E*L D- C ; R OP I N S E^C T S 
TOBACCO 
CORN E AR WORM (Hel iothls ■dbsolcta Fab . ) 
North Carolina C* H« Brannon (September l): Budworm injury to tobacco 
was unusually destructive this season, causing widespread dam- 
age over the tobacco sections. 
TOBACCO SQHMOHi^S ( Protoparce spp.) 
North Carolina C,< H, Brannon (September 1): HornWorms, P. s.exta Johan 
and P. quinquem a culat a HaWi caused heavy, damage to tobacco 
"• and i: 'as especially severe late in' the ; s o'oson in the tobacco 
section* 
