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Since these observations were made iu 1882 it appears that no one 
has met with it again nntil Professor Weed's attention was called to it 
by Mr. S. R. Kramer, of Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio, who submit- 
ted specimens during the latter part of August, 1889, which he found 
to infest the roots of his strawberry plants, with the report that he first 
noticed them to be very abundant upon his plants about the middle of 
July, since which time they had ruined a plantation some two and a 
half acres in extent. An investigation by Mr. Weed of the plants upon 
the station grounds at Columbus, Ohio, showed that a large proportion 
of them were also infested by the same insect. He ascertained also 
that it was quite generally distributed over the State. 
Prof. J. B. Smith, in an article on the melon aphis published in Bul- 
letin 72 of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (October 
4, 1890, pp. 21-26), makes the statement that this species has been very 
destructive to all kinds of cucurbitaceous vines for years, and that 
numerous complaints of injury had been received m the fall of 1889 
from farmers in all parts of the state. 
The notes of this office regarding distribution of, and damage caused 
by, this species date back as far as July, 1878, when it was reported as 
being very numerous on the leaves of orange trees at Fort Reed, Fla. 
During March, 1879, it was again reported as being very numer- 
ous on orange trees at Savannah, Ga., while in May of the same year 
complaints were received from Selma, Ala., where it appeared in large 
numbers on the leaves of cotton. 
Early in the spring of 1880 it was found by Mr. A. Koebele also on 
cotton, at Bonito, province of Pernambuco, Brazil; while in April of 
the same year it was reported by H. S. Williams, Rockledge, Fla., as 
doing some damage to the leaves of orange. The same species was 
sent us in June by W. F. Morgan, Palmyra, N. J., with the statement 
that it was very destructive to citron vines, a variety of watermelon, the 
underside of the leaves of which were completely covered with them. 
In July we received it from J. E. Pierson, Fremont, N. C, with the 
statement that it was doing some damage to cotton. 
During 1S81 no complaints were received, except from Mr. J. R. Mar- 
tin, Clarksville, Tenn., that his cucumbers, melons, and cantaloupes 
were badly infested with it during September. 
From 1881 to 1888 it seems to have done little or no damage any- 
where; since then, however, it has been received regularly every year 
from different sections of the couutry. 
During 1888 it was reported in June by M. G. Acton, Sarasota, Fla-, 
as doing considerable damage to his melon vines; it was also received 
in September from J. A. Shuler, Bonifacio, Fla., and from R. H. Whit- 
tacker, Gardner, Kans., with the statement that much damage was 
done on melon and cucumber vines. 
In 1889 it was found infesting leaves of oranges at Los Angeles, Cal., 
by Mr. D. W. Coquillett. 
