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Minnes ota, A. G. fiug^les (July 20): Very abundant in the State. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (July 18): Doing much damage to potatoes over the 
State. 
SIX-SPOTTED LEAFHOPPER (M acros'lelos divisus Uhl.) 
New York,, N© Y. State Coll. Ayr. Hews Letter (July 17): On July 10, while exam- 
•iniiig potato fields in Erie County, a new disease of potatoes for the 
State of New York was found in an early planting on a farm near Boston. 
Approximately 15 percent of one variety affected, while only 2 percent of 
the other variety showed symptoms. This disease is "believed to "be a form 
of western aster yellows, transmitted "by the aster leaf hopper which has 
"been found feeding on many different plants© 
A MIRID ( Engytatns genicula.tus Reut « ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bis sell (July IS): All stages common on garden tomatoes at 
Experiment. Present in winter greenhouse tomatoes. Also found two stalks 
of tobacco (no other in vicinity) infested, "but pone found on pepper. 
Tomato plants with brown rings on stems, or girdles, caused "by feeding. 
Bugs "believed to prevent fruit setting© (Dot© "by H. H. Knight.) 
BEET LEAEHOPPER ( Sutettix t enellus Bah. ) 
Utah. G. E. Knowltcn (July 22): Tomatoes in fields examined at. Willard, Trenon- 
ton, and Brigham only 1 to 4 percent infested with curlytop disease, which 
is 'lower than average. 
POTATO AND TOlvIATO PSYLLID ( Paratrioza cockerel li Sulc 9 ) 
Montana, H. B, Mills (July 17): Causing considerable injury to potatoes in parts 
of Yellowstone County. It is -accompanied in small numbers by the psyllid 
Apha lara calthae L« and several other unidentified species, 
BEAN S 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivostis Muls©) 
General, N, E, Howard (July 17 ) : Injury to beans was evident late in June 
throughout southern Ohio. Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, and the Garolinas, 
as far as Charleston, S„ G, 
Maine. J. Hawkins (July IS) : Reported as being more prevalent than usual at 
this time of year. 
Connecticut, N» Turner (July IS): Damage as usual© 
New fork, N. Y c State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July 10): Eew beetles and egg 
masses present in southern Tompkins,; northern Chenung, Tioga, Schuyler, 
southern Yates, southern Seneca, Cortland, and Cayuga Counties. In Steuben 
and Allegany Counties a greater number of fields heavily infested© Con- 
trol necessary from July 12 to 15 . Same true for the Castile section of 
