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PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthon omus eugenii C3.n0) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 22): In two or three infestations in Manatee 
County the pepper weevil has "become so abundant as to destroy all peppers 
and most of the "bloom. 
StlG-AP. BEETS 
EEET LEAFHOPPER ( Eutettix tenellus Baker) 
Utah. 0. F. Knowlton (March 10): Beet leafhoppers are rather abundant on mus- 
tard hosts at Genola and moderately abundant near Lampo , in northern Utah. 
TOBACCO 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE ( ipitr ix parvula F. ) 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (March): The tobacco flea beetle is apparently 
starting earlier this year than last in eastern North Carolina. 
J. U. Gilmore and J. P. Vinzant (March 2J>): In a 3~d-<~y survey 
of tobacco plant beds in eastern North Carolina only a few beds were found 
to show serious losses from flea beetle attack. Most of the beds that 
were well covered with cloth were unaffected. The maximum infestation 
was Ho beetles per square foot of plant-bed area. 
South Carolina. W. A. Shands and N. Allen (March 17): A survey through north- 
eastern South Carolina showed the flea beetle to be causing economic 
losses in tobacco plant beds in Florence, Marion, and Horry Counties. The 
most severe injury was found where the plant beds were poorly constructed 
or where the canvas did not properly cover them. In one instance of 
severe injury circumstances indicated that hibernating beetles were car- 
ried to a plant bed in pine needles that were used to protect the plants 
from cold weather. 
F. Sherman (March 29): The tobacco flea beetle is seriously 
abundant in the eastern part of the State. 
GREEN JUNE BEETLE ( Cotin is nitida L.) 
North Carolina. J. U. Gilmore and J. P. Vinzant (March 23): One tobacco plant 
bed of I30 yards in Pitt County, in eastern North Carolina, had sustained 
a loss of 50 percent, owing to attack by larvae of the green June beetle. 
The previous crop was sweetpotatoes that had produced luxuriant growth, 
providing s\iitable conditions for June beetle egg deposition. 
MUSHROOMS 
A MITE ( Tarsonemus sv. ) 
Pennsylvania. C. A. Thomas (March 22): A mite has been very common and de- 
structive to mushrooms and mycelium in mushroom houses in the vicinity 
of Kennett Square, Chester County, during the pa.st several months, more 
infestations than usual being reported. 
