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plea BEETLES (Halticinao) 
Connecticut. A. W. Morrill, Jr, (May 21); Preliminary cxnmina,tions of woods 
debris have indicated that the potato floa beetle ( Epitrlx cucumcris Harr«) 
has been able to survive the cold winter in moderately large numbers and 
that emergence will bo normal* 
New York, N, Y, State Coll, -A-gr, News Letter (May 20): In western New York 
active on young cabbage plants in the field in Tompkins, Vfpyne, Niagara, 
and Erie Counties, (Mey Zj): Eamage to potatoes, beans, and early sot ■' 
tomatoes in western Suffolk, Columbia, and Nassau Coiinties, eastern Nev/ Yor> 
Mississippi, C, Lyle and assistants (May 25); Reported as attacking eggplant 
and tomatoes in the Meridian area, and in Carroll, &rona,da, and Yalobusha 
Counties, 
North Dakota, J, A, Munro (May 23); Injury reported in the vicinity of Pargo. 
Very abundant last j^’car, many plantings being ruined, 
Utah, G, P, Knowlton and P, C, Harmston (A pril Zf)i Plea beetles a,re severely 
damaging tomatoes, cabbage, and sweet corn in the southwestern corner of 
the State, Some small fields of sweet corn reported as having been entirely 
destroyed, 
^^shington, L, G. Smith (April 29); Adult cabbage flea beetles were observed 
feeding on dock on Mcarch 19 in the Brady district of Grays Harbor County, 
(May 15 )* Pound o,ttacking potato plants on May 11 in the Puyallup Valley, 
and observed on volunteer plants on the same d^ate in the vicinity of 
Snohomish, Beetles observed on May S, attacking rddish and related plants 
for the first tine this year, (May 22); Reported as p.ttacking tomato 
plants on May I 6 around Shelton, in Mason County, Pirst infestation ob- 
served this season. Truck crops reported as being attacked in the vicinity 
of Pridny Harbor, in San Jiian County, on May I 3 , 
SEED-CORN MAGGOT ( Hylemya £ .ilicrura, Rond, ) 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (May 25); Specimens received from Attala County the 
last week in April, v/ith information that they wore injuring sprouting boant 
Utah, G, P, Knowlton (May 8); Canning peas at M\irray and Tremonton have boon 
domaged, 
SOUTHERN MOLE CRICKET ( Scaptoriscus aclotus R, & H, ) 
Plorida, H, T, Pernald (April 24): Extremely abundant tonight at a light in 
Winter Park, (Dot. by A. 3, Gurney,) 
GARDEN CENTIPEDE .( Scutigerolla Imr-iaculata Newp,) 
Utah, G, P, Knowlton (May I 3 ); Whoa.t prevented from growing on part of a farm 
at Pa.rr West, Wober County, Damage observed in a hone garden at Logan, 
