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Blister "beetles are "be coning’ increasingly abundant in tho Missis- 
sippi Valley and Great Plains States. 
Potato flea "beetle was reported as seriously damaging potatoes and 
tomatoes from "Connecticut westward to the Dakotas and Colorado. We also 
received reports of damage from Utah and Washington. 
Aphids attacking tomatoes were reported from Hew England westward 
to Ohio. 
Pote.to leaf hopper was producing hopper "burn on potatoes on Long 
Island, Hew York, in eastern Pennsylvania, thence westward to the Dakotas 
and ITchraska. 
Tomato hornworns were generally prevalent in the southern Middle 
Atlantic States and in the Gulf region. Heavy infestations were also re- 
ported from Utah and California. 
Mexican "bean "beetle was more destructively abundant in Maine than 
it ha.s ever "been since its appearance in that State. Throughout most of 
the country, however, the infestations are "below normal* 
The western 12-spotted cucumber beetle damaged beans as high as 
50 percent of the crop in the Sacramento Valley of California* 
The squash borer was generally prevalent and destructive in the 
Middle Atlantic States and the Gulf region and in scattered localities 
westward to Kansas. 
Pepper weevil very abundant in early pepper fields in southern 
California, in s one cases the entire crop being lost* 
Tobacco thrips was more abundant on shade grown tobacco than it 
has been for several years in Gadsen County, Pla. 
Boll weevil is in extremely heavy infestations throughout the 
Cotton Belt from the Atlantic Coast to central Oklahoma and Texas. 
During the latter part of the month cotton leaf worn was observed 
in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida* + By the third week in the 
month complete stripping of the cotton was recorded in many fields in 
the 3rownsville area of Texas. 
Elm leaf beetle is moderate to very abundant in the Hew England 
Stakes and the Middle Atlantic States as far south as ITew Jersey. We 
also have reports of the prevalence of this insect in limited areas of 
Virginia, Ohio, Utah, and Washington* 
The larch case bearer was severely damaging larch trees in Maine 
and Massachusetts, 
