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Miss issippi. C. Lyle (March 24): D. duodecinpunctata reported as injuring corn 
at Columbia in January and at Osyka in February, .and as injuring water- 
melons at Crystal Springs in March. 
Texas. M. J. Janes (March 22) J D. duodecimpunctata observed on February 13 as 
causing light injury to lettuce in Galveston County. One or two specimens 
per head. ' 
.. FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
Illinois. W, P. Flint (March 27 ) i More than normal numbers taken in the usual 
hibernating quarters. 
SEED- COHN MAGGOT ( Hylemya cilicrura Hand. ) 
Virginia, H, G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (March 25 ) i Adults rather abundant 
at Norfolk in fields containing decaying organic matter. 
Mississippi. 0. Lvle (March 24) ♦ Larvae, probably belonging to this species, 
received from Gulfport in March with injured butterbeano that had been 
planted. 
MOLE CRICKETS* (Gryllidae) 
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South Carolina. F, Sherman (March); Several inquiries from the eastern part 
of the State, * 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
TOMATO P INWORM ( Gnorimos chema lycopers'icella Busck) 
Florida, J. R, Watson (March 23) i Unusually heavy infestation on tomatoes in 
Manatee County. 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
Alabama. J. M, Robinson (March 24): Taken at Auburn on March 21. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (March 27) t Adults apparently doing more damage this 
■ year than usual. Many growers are using control measures. 
A WEEVIL ( Collabisnodes cubae Boh.) 
Florida, J, R, Watson (torch 23) J Previously sent in as a pest of poppers; 
specimens submitted w ith' the statement that it was rather heavily infest- 
ing several hundred acres of tomatoes in Dnde County, mining tho stems as 
it does in peppers and doing severe damage by dwarfing the plants and 
fruit, . ' .. 
