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TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Listroderes obliquus Klug) 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (May 22): More abundant in the State 
during the winter than previously. 
C. E. Rainwater (May 24): Two specimens collected around 
hibernation cages of the boll weevil at Florence. (Det. by L. L. 
Buchanan. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Adults received from Yazoo County on 
April 29. 
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Arkansas. D. Isely (May 23): Injury recorded from Lincoln County, south- 
eastern Arkansas, during the first week in May. 
CUCUMBER BEETLES ( Diabrotica spp.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May 15 ) : A few twelve- 
spotted cucumber beetles ( D. duodecimpunctata F.) jarred from 
apple, pear, and plum trees in western part of Suffolk County; not 
observed in vegetable garden. 
South Carolina, J. G. Watts (May): D. balteata Lee. slightly more abun- 
dant at Blackville than at this time last year Although injury not 
observed on many crops, beetle was seen on potatoes, corn, cucumbers, 
snap beans, lima beans, and various wild plants. Adults of D. duo- 
decimpunctata numerous on a wide variety of plants throughouT the” 
month. Damage to cucumbers decidedly less than last year, oven with 
the large numbers present. In addition to cucumbers, injury was 
observed on lima beans, snap beans, lettuce, gladiolus, cotton, 
turnips, and onions. 
Ohio. N. F. Howard (May 23): One D. duodecimpunctata found on tomato 
at South Point. “ 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May 22): Cabbage flea 
beetles ( Phyllotreta vittata F.) generally destructive to cabbage, 
especially in Wayne County, western New York. Flea beetles numer- 
ous and destructive to cauliflower, cabbage, and beets in Genesee, 
Orleans, and Niagara Counties^ western New York. Potato flea 
beetlo ( Epitrix cucumeris Harr.) first observed in Suffolk County 
on tomatoes in coldframes, and more abundant and injurious to 
tomato in the western part of the county. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk and D. B. Whelan (May 18): Western cabbage flea 
beetle ( Phyllotreta pusilla Horn) found attacking radish plants in 
Hamilton County on May 5; reported on radishes at Lincoln during 
the first 3 weeks of May. 
