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L. 0. Snith (Septenljer 5); E. subcrinita Lgc. observed in potatoes 
from Pullman, Whitman County, with considerable tunneling by larvae. 
Channels very shallow in contrast to those in other districts, 
. ^ POTATO LEilPHOPPEP ( Empoasca fabao Harr.) 
Minnesota. D. A, Pcet (September 11 ): Very abundant in Clay County. 
. A MITBy:\.( P|iyllocoptes sp.) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (Septej-ibor 24): Pound doing consi.derable damagi 
to tomato near Tracy. Reported as being destructive to tomatoes near 
Sacramento, (A new mite to be described soon.) 
BBidTS 
I-fflXICAN BEAR BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis Muls.) 
Hew York, R. Y, State Coll, Agr. Hews Letter (September 3)^ Larvae of the 
second brood growing rapidly in Suffolk County, 
Virginia. H. G, Walker and L, E, Anderson (September 24): Heavy infestation 
developing on beans during first part of July. Hi{^ percentage killed 
during the latter pent of July, owing to weather conditions, and the 
beetles pxe still rather scarce in many of the beanfields at Horfolk, 
South Carolina, P* Sherman and V/, C, Hetties (September 24); Set back during 
nidsumner heat but noi^r recovering in numbers, 
MississiiDpi, C. Lyle (September 25): Specimens were. feeding on butter beans 
in Covington County the latter part of August, Reported from Jasper, 
Oktibbeha, and Smith Counties, Heavy damage to beans reported from the 
Grenada and Meridian districts and from the northeastern counties, 
BEiil? LSi'iP BEETLE (Cerotoma trifurcata Porst,) 
Mississiirpi, C, Lyle (September 25): Ca.using injury to co^A.'peas in the Durant 
a,rea, and reported on beans a.t State College and in Copiah County, 
Louisiana, C, 0, Ea.dy (September 2S):- Abundant in the trucking sections of 
south Louisiana, 
• COTTOH-SQHARE BORER ( Strynon melinus Hi:n.) 
Ohio, T, H. Parks (September lO): Larva,c have been eating holes in bean pods 
and’ making then unfit for market. Rather abundant in Pike County, 
