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GREEN STINKBUG ( Aero sternum hilare Say) 
Mississippi . C. Lyle and assistants (October 25) i Specimens re- 
ceived on September 29 from Yazoo County, where they were 
feeding on lima beans. Rerort of injury to lima beans through- 
out the Grenada area. 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
Tennessee. C-. M, Bentley (October 23): Extremely few in all parts 
of the State throughout the season. 
North Dakota. J. A. Monro (October 21): Tachinids reared from 
larvae collected at Grand Porks and Fargo during the last summer 
determined by H. J. Eeinhard as Doryphorophaga doryphorae Riley. 
About 30 percent of the larvae parasitized. 
TOMATO PIIWORM ( Keif eria lycopersicella Busck) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (October 23): Infestations found 
as follows in a survey made of the tomato fields in the northern 
producing region of California: None in Alameda County on 
October 2; from 4.5 to 72 percent in Madera County on October 3? 
from 5 to 91 percent in Merced County on October 9*» none in 
Stanislaus County on October 10, in San Joaquin County on 
October 13, in San Benito County on October 17, in Monterey 
County, nor in Santa Cruz County on October 19 . 
POTATO TUBER WORM ( Gnorimoschema oper culolla Zell.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk* (October 17): Found on September 28 to 
have injured severely about 125 bushels of potatoes in Cass 
County. This is the first record of this pest for the State. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (October 23): Survey of the tomato 
fields in the northern producing region of California showed 
the following infestations: From 0 to 5*5 percent in Alameda 
County on October 2; none in Madera County on October 3 nor in 
Merced County on October 9 1 from 0 to less than 1 percent in 
Stanislaus County on October 10; from 0 to 4 percent in San 
Joaquin County on October 13; from 0 to 3 percent in San Benito 
County on October 17; from 0 to 5 percent in Monterey County; 
and, from less than 1 percent to 12 percent in Santa Cruz 
County on October 19 . 
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