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MOLE CRICKETS ( Scapteriscus spp . ) 
North C a rolina C. H. Brannon (October 7): Scaoteriscus vicinus Scud., pro- 
bably :orse than any other insect pest in the Tilr.ington truck- 
ing section, is doing an enormous amount £ damage. 
South Carolina M. H. Brunson (October): Scapteriscus sp. is vjry abundant 
in the Pee Dee and the coastal plains sections. 
Mississippi M. M. High (October 26): Scapteriscus aclotus R. 8c H. is 
now abundant over most of the trucking region along the 
Mississippi coast. It -as -observed first at Gulf port and 
Long B^ach by the writer in Novaaber, 1926, and has spread 
rapidly since. It is now so numerous in some fields that 
three plantings of such crops as cabbage, spinach, etc., have 
had to be made owing to its burrowing in the rows just as the 
plants came up. 
Nebraska 
■ Wisconsin 
. Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
POTATO AND TOi/UTQ 
HORN.. OEMS- ( Protoparce spp.) 
M. H. S ,,r enk (October 1): A commercial grower of tomatoes in 
Saline County reported the middle of September that r. sexta 
Johan. and P. quinquemaculata Haw. had been a r^al p-St in his 
crop this year. 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
E. L. Chambers (October 19): Late potatoes are severely in- 
jured in the northern potato-growing counties. 
POTATO LEAFKOPrER ( Smpoasca fabae Harr.) 
E. L.Chambers (October 19): Moderately abundant; injury con- 
tinued on increase until frost. 
L. L. Enuti (October 1?): Very abundant at Cloquet; caused 
plants to dry up about two weeks before time. 
General 
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PEPPER "iTEEVJL ( Anthoncmus eu. : ;^nii Cano) 
J. C. Elmore (September 17): The pepper weevil was found to 
be well distributed in pepper fields near Las Crucs and Old 
Mesilla, New Mexico, and small plantings of Chili and bell p< - 
pers at Roswell, tf. Mex. , -ore almost a total failure. The in- 
festation caused an estimated loss of 90 p^r c^nt. Light 6 - 
per weevil infestations were found in garden plantings of Chili 
pepper growers at San Antonio, Tex. At Poteet, Tex., growers 
