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CAB3AGS 
CABBAGE APHID (Brevicoryne tares sic a e L. ) 
Mississippi h* W. Harned (March 24): Aphids identified by A, L, Hamner 
as Brevicoryne brassicae were causing serious damage to 
collards at Yazoo City March 14. 
California J„ C« Elmore (March 13): The cabbage aphid was observed to 
be very numerous in San Diego County and was reported to be 
doing considerable damage to' cabbage and cauliflower. 
HARLEQUIN BUG ( Murgantia histrionica Hahn) 
Mississippi g, L. Cockerham (MarchSSfs Rather severe damage is showing 
up on mustard. The crop had quite a yellowish tinge due to 
this pest. Adults were quite numerous at the time of examination, 
practically no nymphs being noticed. 
STRAWBERRY 
A WEEVIL ( 3rachyrhifflia ru&pfQhS. Gjll> ) 
Oregon Don C* Mote (March 21): Mr. Wilcox reports overwintering 
strawberry root weevils active. Specimens of B. rugosostriatus 
found in house. 
STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVIL ( Brachyrhinus ova t us L. ) 
Pacific Monthly News Letter Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission, 
Coast Vol. 10, No, 3, March 15: Numerous small wliite grubs, later 
determined by Prof. E, C, Van 'Dyke of the University of 
California, Berkeley, as one of the strawberry root weevils 
(B. ovatus ) were recently intercepted by Quarantine Inspector 
Roy E. M^son of the Los Angeles County Horticultural Commissiorer's 
office in a shipment of plants in soil from the State of 
Massachusetts. The finding of these grubs was the result of the ■ 
exceedingly careful examination made by Mr. Mason of the soil 
in this shipment, ThiS insect is a serious ipest of straw* 
berries in the Pacific Northwest and one against which the 
California State Department of Agriculture maintains a rigid 
quarantine as it is not known to occur generally within the 
State, 
A WEEVIL (D -yslobus decorata_Lec. ) 
Oregon Don C, Mote (March 21): Adult of Dyslobus decorata Lee. 
coming out above ground at Corvallis. 
D. gra'.iicollis Lee. has been recorded from Oregon as 
attacking strawberries which seems to be first record of this 
species as injurious in the larval stage to cultivated straw* 
berries. 
