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damage to strawberry at Red Wing, Goodhue County. It works in the blossoms, 
causing gnarly berries to be formed. 
CYCLAMEN MITE ( Tarsoneaus pallidus 3ks. ) 
Hew York. P. J. Chapman, N. Y. State Col. Agr. News Letter (May 21): Consider- 
able damage to stra7/berry plantings in the northern part of Dutchess and. 
the southern part of Columbia Counties. 
BEETS 
3EET LEAFHOPPER (Eutettix tenellus 3ak. ) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (May 22): Becoming dangerously abundant inmost northern 
sugar beet fields. This, together with shortage of irrigation water, indi- 
cates probability of severe cur ly-t op . damage in many localities. 
SPINACH LEAP MINES ( Pegomyia hyoscyani Panz.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (May 22): Damaging beets at Ogden, Taylor, Hot. Springs, 
Syracuse, and West Point. 
T03ACC0 
T03ACC0 3UDW0RM ( Heliothis virescens Fab. ) 
Plorida. F. S. Chamberlin (May 5)* Tobacco budworms are very abundant this 
season in tobacco in Gadsden County. 
SOUTHERN GREEN STINK 3UG ( Nezara viridula L. ) 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (May 2k): Quite abundant and causing moderate damage 
to tobacco in Gadsden County. 
FOREST AND SHADS-TREE INSECTS 
ASIATIC 3EETLE ( Anomala orientalis Waterh. ) 
Connecticut. W. E. 3ritton (May 23): Grubs from a number of premises in New 
Haven and West Haven have been brought to the experiment station this spring. 
Evidently they survived the subzero temperatures of last winter. 
New York. C. H. Iladley (April): The survey diggings at Jericho show an average 
of lk larvae per square foot, which is about the same as in the spring of 
1933- The range in abundance this spring has been from none to 77 grubs per 
square foot. At Jericho there has been some spread in the known area of 
heavy infestation, as another lawn showing about 1 acre of ruined turf was 
brought to our attention this "spring. This lawn is located northwest of 
Jericho and nearly a mile from the older infestations. In Westchester (Bounty 
the abundance in the older infested area in the southern part of the county, 
extending from New Rochelle and Mount Vernon on the south to White Plains on 
the north, shows very little change from last year. This season additional 
