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Utah. C-. F. Knowlton (April 23): The spring dispersal of the beet leafhopper 
has reached northern Utah. A few pale migratory forms were collected in 
Tooele County on April 17, and pale forms were moderately abundant from 
Hooper to Plain City in Weber County on April 23; and specimens were 
collected farther north in Box Elder County. 
SPINACH CARRION BEETLE (Silpha bituberosa Lee.) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (April 20): Larvae are abundant and seriously damaging 
one field of young sugar beets at Lay ton, Davis County. The larvae are 
now three-fourths grown. 
TOBACCO 
T0EACC0 FLEA BEETLE (Ep_itrix carvula Fab.) 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (April 12): Tobacco flea beetles are very scarce 
on plant beds and newly-set tobacco in Gadsden County. 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles and F. Sherman (April 25): The tobacco flea 
beetle was observed at Florence on April 14. 
Tennessee. J. U. Gilmore (April 20): Flea beetles have appeared the past 
month at Clarksville and have caused some damage to poorly canvassed 
tobacco plant beds. However, the beetles are not nearly so numerous as 
usual. 
TOBACCO THRIPS ( Frankliniella fusca Hinds) 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (April 23): Very few thrips can be found on 
tobacco in Gadsden County. The infestation is evidently much below normal 
and may be attributed to the recent heavy rains. 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
: GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria di spar L.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (April 25): Several rather large colonies have been 
found in the upper Connecticut River ; Valley as far north as Wells River, 
Orange County, denoting an increase during the past five years in that 
locality. There is no indication of the moth in the interior and western 
sections of the State. Egg masses are reported as quite general in south- 
eastern towns. 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma disstria Kbn.) 
Mississippi. J. P. Kislanko (March 30): The forest tent caterpillar is quite 
generally distributed in Stone, Forrest, and Perry Counties, where wild 
plums and Crataegus spp. are being defoliated. Larvae are nearly full- 
grown . 
