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0NI0NS ■ 
ONION MAGGOT ( Hylemyi a ant i qua Meig.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowltnn (August 2): Reported ■damaging*'" onions at Vernal, Uinto.li 
* County. 
S TRAWBERRY 
• A CKRY30MELID ( Diachus auratus P.) 
Wyoming* Margaret Groonwald (August 12):'. The beetle fed on the ripening 
berries of the first crop at Powell, doing considerable damage. Beetles 
were feeding on leaves and petioles, in a, jar, and in the field were feed- 
ing on the petals and pollen of tho blossoms of the second crop. The in- 
fested rows of the patch wore dusted on August 11. Severe damage- was done 
to berries on old plants, while no beetles were noticed on fruit of young 
plants in adjoining rows. 
TOBACCO 
HORHWORMS ( Protoparco spp.) 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (August 17)? Small larvae of the tomato and tobacco 
worms are very numerous and in untreated tobacco fields the damage is 
rapidly becoming severe. Most of the worms are less than 1-1/2 inches 
long. 
TOBACCO FLIA BEETLE ( Epitrix parvula P. ) 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (August ll): Tho infestation in central Tennessee 
dropped sharply during the 10-day period ended August 10. Based on ob- 
servations in ten random fields tho infestation dropped about 50 percent. 
(August 17): The tobacco flea beetle has suddenly become extremely 
numerous. Daring the ~i~£i&y period ended August l6 the infestation tripled 
in most fields. Many fields average $0 beetles per plant, with 100 per 
plant in some fields. 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (Aur^J.st 2U): Tobacco flea beetles are injurious at 
Shelbyville. 
