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HARLEQUIN BUG- ( Murgantia histrionica Hahn) 
Mississippi. C« Lyle and assistants (September 19): Severely damaging 
cabbage and collards in Jones and Forrest Counties. 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryne brass! cae L. ) . 
Indiana.. J» J. Davis (September 23): Reported as excessively atrandaJ 
on cabbage and kale from a number of southern localities. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (September IS): Cabbage 1 including red cab- 
bage, is being badl-y infested by cabbage aphid. 
cucumber 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica vittata Fab,) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 23): The striped encumber beetle was 
picked up in Alachua County. It is the second time it lias been noticed 
in that part of the State. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (September 23): The striped cucumber 
beetle has caused considerable damage to late watermelons at Senatobia 
and State College. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabr otica duodecimpunctata Fab.) 
Kansas. H. R« Br^son (September 26): The adults are more abundant in 
Kansas than last year. 
MELON APHID (Aphis aossypii C-lov. ) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September 2S): Aphids have been quite abundant and 
have done considerable injury to late squashes, cucumbers, and melons. 
Ladybeetles and their larvae have been quite active, but are not 
present in sufficient numbers to hold the infestation in check. 
PEPPER 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthonomus eu^enii Cano) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 23): Following the total destruction of 
all pepper fields in Manatee County, the pepper weevil is extremely 
scarce. 
