Louisiana. P. K. Harrison (September : 17) i Adults doing considerable injury to 
cucumber foliage and blossoms at Baton Rouge. 
Texas, J. N. Roney (September 22) : Reported on cowpeas, eggplant, pepper, 
mustard, and cabbage in Galveston County. . . 
WESTERN SPOTTED CUCUM3ER BEETLE ( Djabrotica soror Lee.) 
California. E. 0. Essig (August 30): Serious injury to fruits of apricots and 
peaches in and around Brentwood and vicinity. Apparently p. distinct migra- 
tion from the warmer parts of the valleys toward cooler areas. Also attack- 
ing truck and field crops and flowers' in ; the lower Sacramento, and San 
Joaquin Valleys, and the San Erancisco Bay, region, 
WESTERN STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Djabrotica trivittata Mann.) 
California. M. W. Stone and A. E. Howland (September 9)2 Over 45 percent of the 
plants in a 5~acre. field of • squash near Costa Mesa, southern California, 
were either dead "or dying, as a result of attack by this pest. As many as 
12 larvae 'found feeding on the r^ots of a s ingle plant. Adults also numer- 
ous • 
A BEETLE ( Lema sexpunctata Oliv. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 3l)j Taken at Auburn on August IS, feeding on 
wandering- jew.. Also feeding on vegetables at Auburn. 
GREER STINK3UG ( Acrosternum hi laris Say) 
Virginia, C. R. Willey and E. ft. Ereund (September 22): Brought in from Black- 
stone* Reported as damaging lima beans in that section on August 26 . 
South Carolina. J. G. 'Watts (September 2l): On September 10 at Ridgeland this 
insect was present on squash, but no evident damage was resulting. At 
Blackville on September 21 nymphs and adults were present on cotton in small 
numbers . 
SOUTHERN GREEN STINK3UG (Nezpra viridula L. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23 ): Severe damage to lima beans reported 
recently from Braxton, Simpson County. 
EA1SE CHINCH BUG (Nys ius erica.e Sc hi 11.) 
N n rth Carolina. C. S. Brimley (September l4) ; Sucking the leaves of turnips 
at Wake Lores t, where considerable damage has been done, 
A SCUTELLERID ( Chelys oma guttatun H. S.) 
Georgia. T, L. Bis^ell (August 29 ): A number of adults found on croton at 
Experiment, I had collected only one individual before these. 
