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STRAWBSRRY 
STRAWBERRY ROOT APHID ( Aphis forbesi Yfeed) 
Colorado. G. M. List (September 20): The strawberry root aphid has 
seriously damaged several plantings of everbearing strawberries in the 
eastern part of the State. 
PEPPER 
A WEEVIL ( Collabismodes cubae Boh.) 
Florida. J. A. Hyslop (September 29): A note on a cryptorhynchid weevil, 
Euxenodes sp. , attacking peppers in Dade County, Fla. , appeared in 
the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, vol. lH, no. 1, p. IS, dated March 
193*+- Recent information has brought out the fact that the specimens 
in Florida are identical with a Cuban species, E. cubae Boh. , now 
referred to the above genus. : 
BEETS 
GREENHOUSE LEAP TIER ( Phlyctaenia rabigalis Guen.) 
California. R. E. Cam-obeli and J. C. Elmore (September. 5) : Three hundred 
acres of sugar beets in Orange County are heavily infested with the 
celery leaf tier. Serious damage' was fi^-st reported on Ausust l6. In 
many fields the leaves have been skeletonized, leaving little no re than 
the midrib. Feeding continues :on the new shoots and on the s.tems at 
the crown. The yield in some fields is estimated at 20 tons per acre, 
but the sugar content is so low that the beets are hardly worth har- 
vesting. With the infestation so heavy, it is doubtful whether addi- 
tional foliage can be produced and the sugar "content increased. Adults 
are so numerous that they fly up in clouds when disturbed. Larvae are 
feeding also on pepper plants. It is interesting to note that the in- 
festations occur in the area where 7 ,000 acres of celery was grown 
about 20 years ago, the abandonment of which was partly due to damage 
by the leaf tier. Many parasites were observed. 
BEET LEAFHOPPZR ( Sutettix tenellus Bale. ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (September lU): Beet leafhoppers were so abundant 
and active in the foothills h miles northwest of Dolomite as to cause 
annoyance to hunters in the area. The leafhoppers -caused irritation 
to hands and arms by biting. (September 22): Beet leafhoppers are 
still very abundant in small areas of the northern Utah breeding 
grounds, in which Russian-thistle and other favored host plants are 
still in good condition for feeding. 
