Ulus crassus Lee. 
Arizona Don C. Mote (March 30) . "Mr. R. Bcvin reports that this insect 
has never been noticed in his district before, though they were 
very abundant last July in another district. Practically all 
the tomato pi. ants are girdled near the soil line in the Salt 
River Valley north of Phoenix. The beetles feed on the stems, 
which they girdle, and when the plant falls they collect in the 
shade and feed upon the fallen plant. Beetles were observed 
mating on this date." 
CABBAGE 
CABBAGE MAGGOT (H ylemyia brassicae Bouche) 
New York H. C. Odell (April 14). "First adults wore observed on this 
date in Nassau County." 
H 'PORTED CABBAGE PORK ( Pontia rapae L.) 
C. 0. Houghton (April 16). "Adults are quite numerous here now. 
They were first observed on April 8#" 
CABBAGE APHIS ( Brevicorvne braftsicae L.) 
R. L'iddlebrook (April 7). "These insects made their appearance 
very late in Donna Anna County, and seem to be very few in 
numbers, Coccinellid beetles are quite numerous among the 
aphids ." 
HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUG ( Murgantia histrionica Hahn) 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (April 4). "Mr. R. V. Axt reports that the adults 
are common on radishes about Baton Rouge. No other stages have 
been observed to date." 
Delaware 
New 
Ilexic o 
TPELVE-SPOTTFD CUCU?!BFR BEETLE (Diabrotica duodecimnynctata Fab.) 
New 
Mexico R. Middlebrook (April l) ♦ "Those beetles are extremely abundant 
this year, especially on cabbage, where they have seriously 
affected 50 per cent of the plants and have killed out the 
cabbages at Rincon, Hatch, and Garfield." 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrip s tabaci Lind.) 
Delaware C. 0. Houghton (April l) . "A thrips, probably this species, 
has seriously injured cabbage in the University greenhouse at 
Newark this winter." 
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