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SUGAR BEETS 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill.) 
Oklahoma. P. A. Ponton (July 20): The false chinch bug has been reported as 
causing damage in Sayre and Grandfield, in southwestern Oklahoma. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (July 23): More abundant than usual in northwestern Texas, 
damaging cotton in many co\mties the latter part of June, 
Idaho. C, Wakeland (July 21): The false chinch hug is reported as injuriously 
abundant on grain in the dry- farming district of Elmore County, in south- 
central Idaho. 
Utah. G, P. Khowl ton (July 26): Very abundant in many parts of Sanpete and 
Sevier Counties. Damage to beets, garden plants, and sweetclover has 
been observed. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (July 21): During July, we have had many calls regarding 
this pest. It has been coming in from vacant lots into yards and homes — 
few cases of severe injury to shrubbery. 
BEET LEAPHOPPEH (Euttetix tenellus Bale.) 
Utah. H. E. Dorst (July 28): Resistant beets in Sevier Valley show on the 
average about 30 percent of obvious cases of curly-top. Moderate damage 
in central Utah. Tomatoes in the Hooper district show about Ho percent 
with blight as the result of feeding of the beet leafhopper. Damage is 
much less in other parts of the State. 
PARSNIP 
PARSNIP T7E3T70RM ( Depressaria heracliana Deg.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July 19):. In Nassau County a 
severe infestation of the parsnip webworm was found in the Hicksville 
district, 90 percent of the plants showing injury. 
TOBACCO 
. . TOBACCO PLEA BEETLE ( Bpitrix parvula P.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 16): Present at Mt. Airy on tobacco. 
Plorida. P. S. Chamberlin (July 5) ' Infestations are the heaviest in several 
years in Gadsden County. 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (July l6): The tobacco flea beetle is present in approx- 
imately normal numbors in Montgomery County. Earlier in the season this 
species was found in less than normal numbers but the infestation is in- 
creasing ' slowly. 
