POTATO AND TOMATO 
POTATO TUBER WORM ( Gno r imo s ch ema dperculella Zell.). 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugbies and C. E. Michel (April l6) : Potato tuber moth 
not established, so far as, we know, hut found in storage places near 
University Earn. 
A. A. Granovsky (April 15 ) ' Pound to he present in potatoes 
stored in warm cellars from two localities in vicinity of St. Paul 
and Minneapolis about 15 or 20 miles apart. It is believed to be 
the first record for Minnesota, actually determined in November 
of 19^0 by A. A. Granovsky and A. G. Peterson while examining tubers 
for pit scab. Subsequent examination of several potato cellars of 
of commercial potato growers yielded negative results. 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Loptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 15) : Pirst beetles observed crawling 
around at Norfolk todaj^, having apparently emerged from the 
freshly cultivated soil. 
H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 25): Rather abundant 
in some pota.to fields at Norfolk. 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (April 19)’* Adult observed defoliating 
spinach plants at Clemson, in the northwestern part of the State. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 25): Reports of injury to potatoes, as 
well as some injury to tomato plants, have been received from 
nearly all sections of the State. 
POTATO PSYLLID ( Paratri oza cocker elli Sulc) 
Arizona. V. E. Romney (March 23): A female was depositing large numbers 
of eggs on Lycium spp. late in March and conditions appear favorable 
for production of large numbers on wild hosts. 
, BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis Mul s . ) 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April lS) : Pirst beetle collected in the field 
on snap beans today at Norfolk. This is 11 days earlier than the 
first emergence in 19^0 and about a woek earlier than the average 
emergence date for the last several years. Emergence had apparently 
just begun, as only 3 beetles were found on l6 rows of beans 200 feet 
long. 
Plorida. P. S. Chamberlin (April 21 ) : Adults are very abundant in bean- 
fields in Gadsden County, in the northwestern part of the State. 
