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CABBAGE MAGGOT ( Hylemyia brassicae Bouche) 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (April 30): Reports of severe injury to newly 
planted cabbage at Wytheville. ,h'as been received. This insect is always 
present in this area, but causes injury only in favorable years. 
" AS PARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS BEETLE ( Crioceris asparagi L . ) 
South Carolina. W. C Nettles and F. Sherman (April 25): The asparagus 
beetle was observed in Saluda County on April 13. 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (April 24): The most severe outbreak in many years has 
been reported from Hood River, the: Dalles, Willamette Valley. 
MELONS 
STRIPED CUCUMBER EEETLE ( Diabrotica vittata Fab.) 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (April 26): Today we found about 50 adult striped 
cucumber beetles in dry leaves on a hillside covered with mixed oak, tulip, 
and pine forest. This is the first time that we have found this beetle in 
numbers in hibernation. 
Mississippi. D.' W. Grimes (April 20): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
abundant at Carthage, and is reported as doing severe damage to young 
watermelons. 
ONIONS 
ONION TKRIPS ( Thrios tabaci Lind.) 
California. R. E. Campbell (April l): Thrips damage to the commercial 
plantings of onions in the Coachella Valley has been reported, and severe 
damage has been observed in several small fields near Alhambra. 
EGGPLANT 
EGGPLANT FLEA BEETLE ( Epitrix fuscula Crotch) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (April 2?): This flea beetle has seriously injured 
eggplant in East Baton Rouge and St. Mary Parishes. 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY LEAF ROLLER ( Ancylis comptana Froel.) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 23): The strawberry leaf roller has reached 
ooutbreak proportions in northeastern Kansas in the vicinities of Troy, 
Wathena, and Blair. 
