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CABBAGE 
IMPORTED CABBAGE wORM ( Ascia rapae L . ) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 24): The cabbage butterfly was first observed 
on April 13. 
Florida. H. T. Eefnald (April 20): Adults were unusually abundant around 
cruciferous crops during the first half of April in the field crops 
sections near Orlando. 
Utah. 0. JP. Know! ton (April ll): Imported cabbage worm butterflies are now 
flying in Davis and Weber County areas. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryn e brasr-icae L.) 
Tennessee. J. Milam (April 16): Small numbers of this pest have recently 
appeared on cabbage at Clarksville. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 23): Heavily infested cabbage plants were re- 
ceived on April 10 from a grower at Edwards, Hinds County. 
HARLEQUIN BUG ( Murgan'tia histrionica Hahn) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): The harlequin bug has 
been found to have passed the winter successfully in rather large numbers 
in a protected place in a flower garden near Norfolk. 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas and L. B. Reed (April 5 to 15): During the past 
few days large numbers have suddenly appeared in several fields of cabb.age 
and mustard around Chadbourn. It appears that they all came from a 
northerly direction and settled within the fields in very limited areas. 
Even their movements within the field were from north to south. It was 
not uncommon to find as many as 50 of these insects on a single cabbage 
plant, 6 inches in diameter or less. There was no indication of egg 
laying until the end of the second week in April. At the present time 
hundreds of egg clusters are found on the lower leaves of cabbage, es- 
pecially those that are partly in contact with the soil. There is no 
evidence to show where these insects hibernated, as there was' no large 
population in this immediate territory last fall. In this area all food 
plants were destroyed the latter part of January. 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles and E. Sherman (April 25): The first complaint 
of this insect was received on April 6 from eastern South Carolina. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 23): Harlequin cahhogo bugs were reported 
abundant on mustard and cabbage in gardens at Hazlehurst, Copiah County, 
on April 10, and at Starkville, Oktibbeha County, on April 19. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (April 27): The harlequin bug is very abundant in 
many fields of crucifers in southern Louisiana. 
