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grown in adjoining plots each year and were exposed to pea weevil at- 
tack as uniformly as possible. Although all varieties were not uniforr 
ly attacked in any year, there seems to have "been no consistent choice 
each year." 
CABBAGE ~0K:5 
Florida. J. R. Uatson (February 20): Cabbage vorxs, which were- so injurious 
last year, have been conspicuous by their absence this winter. 
Louisiana. 77. E. Hinds (February 21): Eggs of the cabbage butterfly ( Ascia 
■ rapae L. ) and cabbage looper ( Auto gran ha brassicae L. ) were quite- common' • 
before the freeze but practically disappeared from the plants thereafter. 
... ' H.'-2LliQ,T-aT -3UG ( >/urgantia hlstrionica .- Hahn) . 
Virginia. H. G. TJalkcr (February 28): Harlequin bugs were collected on -Jan- 
uary 4 and at other times during the winter, hibernating under leaves in 
the edge of a woods which bordered a collard field that had been heavily 
infested with this insect. 
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CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryne brassicae L. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (February 28): The cabbage aphid. has been unusual ly 
scarce. Small infestations can be found in old cabbage fields at the 
present time. 
Alabama.. J. M. Robinson (February 17):' Reported on cabbage and . collards at 
Tuscaloosa. 
CARROTS 
. CARROT RUST FLY ( Psila rosae Fab. ) 
New York. C. R. Crosby (December 31 ) i Infested carrots received, with the 
report that it"has been destructive in many gardens." 
TURNIP 
STRIPED FLEA BEETLE ( Phyllotreta vittata Fab. ) 
Louisiana. 77. E. Hinds (February 21): Txirnip flea beetles have .been moderate- 
ly abundant but apparently were reduced in numbers by. the freeze. 
..•"- • ■ ONIONS 
ONION TKRIFS (Thrips tabaci Lind. ) 
Florida. J. R. 'Watson' (February '20): T. tabac i is much in evidence on onions 
' in Pinellas- Count-.-. 
