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T*ET,ONq 
?*ELON fprflD ( Aphis goss y^ii G lover) 
Nebraska M,H,Swenk (cctcber l). ''In western Nebraska the celon aphid 
was normally destructive up to at least the midole of the month." 
ROT] ASH 
SQUASH EORER (? r clittia Gaty-:>. if ormis Huebn-) 
Nebraska M.H.Swenk (October l). "The squash vine-borer was persistently 
reported as injuring squashes up to early September." 
TURNIP 
TURNIP /FHID ( Rhopalo s : ; .ph\aD ps evdobrass i cap. Davis) 
Louisiana T.H.Jenes (October If)- '"Becoming noticeably abundant as it 
usually does at this time each year." 
LETTUCE 
ZEBRA CATERPILLAR Qtegiestr a picta Harr.) 
Idaho Claude lakeland (September 26). "i< >.r es t ra picta_ is injurious 
to a limited extent upon sugar beeta;. and tc a greater degree 
upc*n lettuce. It has been reported from Franklin County, 
Canyon County, and Bingham County." 
CARROT BFETLE ( L.lgyrus gibbous DeG.) 
Idaho Claude lakeland (September 2fi). "A pest which is proving to be 
of considerable importance in restricted localities in this 
State in the carrot beetle Ligyrus gib bos us DeG- It has beon 
reported injurious t« head lettuce in Canyon County. Reports 
coming frcm Mr.Don B. Whelan, extension entomc legist , and 
farmers indicate that ab^ut cn«-thiri of the stand was de- 
stroyed in certain fields. Injury is caused tey the adults 
eating off the main roots below the surface of the ground." 
PEANUT 
A PRIONID BEETLE ( Hc-raesthesis sp.) 
Louisiana T.K.Jones (September 8). "Larvae sent in with report that they 
were injuring peanuts in newly cut-ever pine lands." 
