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rOTATO LS/J’i:Or?EI?.S (S n-poasca spp.) 
Minnesota. H. S, MiHiron (SexptenTDer 17)i 3. fafcac Ilarr. is noderately 
a^Dundant in the area aroyjid Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and is es- 
pecially xprcvalent on potatoes and hcans, 
lov/a. II. P, Jaques (Soptenher): pota,to le?.fhopper infestations in 
a few co’jjities in the southern half of tho State, v/ith fron lif^ht to 
noderate infestations in several northern counties, 
Utah, G. P, Knov/lton (Septenher 19): E, f ilanenta De L, is ahundajit and 
s^potting potato foliaa:e noar Salt Lake City, 
California,. P. S. Caxiphcll (Septenher 15)» P. a.hrupta. Do L. is very 
abundant in potato fields in Cuyana Valley, northeastern Santa 
Barbara County, vAiere obvidus danase is being caused. (Let. P. U. 
Onazic ) 
POTATO PSYLLID ( Panatrioza cocker elli Sulc) 
ilcbraska,, H, L, Tate (Septenher 18): Collected fron potato, tonato, and 
peppor plants in Scotts Bluff County on SeiDtenbor 11 and 12, Severe 
danage to potatoes evident in many untreated fields, 
LEiiJ-POOTED BUG ( Loptoglo ssus phyllopus L, ) 
Texas, P-. II, Pletcher (Sejptcnber 25 ): Causing considerable dana,ge to 
tonatoes in eastern and central Texan, and has been rcxDortod through- 
out August and Septenher, . 
A TOI'LITO HITE ( Phy 1 1 0 c op t e s destructor Keif or) 
California, S. E, Banley (So'ptenbcr 24): A nev; species vrhich has spread 
rapidly in tho State since it was first discovered in May 1940. How 
foun.d throughout the Sacranento and S?n Joaquin Valleys and v;est to 
Santa Claja and ITapa^. Counties, Estinated that over half of the 
tonato acrcago is infested in va,rying degrees, 
BEiUIS 
MEXICAN BEjUT beetle ( Epilachna varivestis Muls.) 
Maine, Maine A,";r. Exp, Sta. (August): General outbreak, with severe in- 
jury in Eraiiklin, Androscoggin, Saga.dalaoc , and York Counties. Severe 
injury around Au'usta and southward, in Kennebec County, with few 
beetles and nodorate injury in renainder of the county, negligible 
injury in Waldo County, but there has boon distinct increase in in- 
festation this s'uu".er. One caso of severe injury in Penobscot County, 
J. II, Hawkins (Septonber lO): Many nev/ly cnerged first-generation 
beetles present on beans ak Kif^moor Exporinonta,! Earn. Very little 
food left. A fo\j la.rva,e and pupae arc x^rosent. 
