376 
injuring eggplants in the Coachella Valley. The adv.lt burrows into 
soil in the daytime and cuts off the stem of the young plant about an 
inch below the surface. 
A PLA1TT BUG ( Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guer.) 
Arizona. C. D. Le"bert (September lo): At Phoenix the squash caps id P. 
qua dr imaculatus has been giving some trouble on various cucurbits and 
especially on gourds that are grown for ornamentals. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill, ) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin" (September lo): Sent in repeatedly with com- 
plaints of damage to gardens and small friits. 
TURNIP' APHID ( Ph o pal o s i phurn pseudobrgssicae Davis) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (September 26); The turnip aphid has been rather 
seriousl3 r injuring fields of kale in the Norfolk area. 
CABBAGE WEBWOEM ( He Hula undali s Fab.) 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (September IS): Numerous- reports of serious 
damage to collards, cabbage, and turnips have been received from the 
Piedmont section. 
Georgia. T, L. Bissell (September 20): Cabbage webworms are injuring the 
' tops of turnips and Chinese cabbage at Experiment. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (September 23): The garden webworm 
was causing serious injury on September lo in fall gardens in Jones 
and Oktibbeha Counties. ■ 
MOLE CEICKETS ( Scapteriscus spp. ) 
Florida. J. N. Tehhet (September 20): Mole crickets (mostly S. acletus 
Rehn & Keb-rd and some S. vicinus Scudd. ) are very injurious on celery 
seed beds at Sanford. Infestation is very spotted. Some seed beds 
are very heavily infested while other beds in the same vicinity are al- 
most uninjured. 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
■ CORN EAR WORM ( Keliothis obsoleta Fab.) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (September 21): About 30 percent of the ears from 
late corn at Mount Carmel is infested by second-generation larvae. 
South Carolina, w'. C. Nettles (September 1C): The corn err worm has been 
reported from many points over the State damaging buds of corn plants. 
