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FLEA ' BEETLES. (Halticinae) ■ - 
Hew York. H. Y. State Coll. Agr. Hews Letter (May): Flea "beetle injury to 
callage seedlings in plant "beds In tine eastern part of the State is 
moderate, although they occur in small numbers. In western Hew York, 
early set cabbage in Cayuga and Orleans Counties showed -serious 
damage* . • • 
Mississippi. C. .Lyle and assistants (May 24): Flea beetles, probably Epitr ix 
fuscula Crotch, were reported as attacking eggplant in parts of 
Copiah and Lincoln Counties and in Calhoun and Grenada Counties. 
Phyllotreta vittata discedens ¥eise was taken on turnips in Attala 
County and reported as injuring turnips in Calhoun and Grenada, 
Counties. • ■ 
South Dakota* H. C. Severin and G. I. Gilbertson (May 23): Flea- beetles 
are a serious pest in the Spearfish Valley of the Black Hills* ■ 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton and F. C. Harmston (April and May) : Reported as 
damaging tomatoes, radishes, and other garden crops at Saint George 
and Santa Clara, in Washington County, on -April 25* During May, • - " 
flea beetles injured watermelon and cantaloup at Bluff, San Juan 
County, and caused some injury to recently set tomato plants in 
Davis and Weber Counties, end to cabbage -plants at Morgan,- Morgan 
County. 
Washington. R. S. Lehman (May 19): E. subcrihita Lee. damaged seeded 
tomatoes at Walla Walla. 
SEED- COBH MAGGOT ( Hylemya clli crura Bond.) 
Hew York. H. Y. Stale Coll. Agr. Hews Letter (May).: Infesting squash 
plants on Long Island, and early plantings of beans in Columbia and 
Onondaga, Counties. 
South Carolina. W. M. Upholt (April 25): Adults very plentiful in barley 
field at Bennettsville, in the northeastern part 'of the State." (Det* 
by D. G. Hall.) 
Louisiana. C. E. Smith (April): Adults collected on snap beans and lima 
beans at Baton Rouge. Larvae were collected on April l4 in sprouting 
beans. Adults emerged on April 25. (Det. by D. G. Hall as Hylemya sp.) 
Io\;/a* H. -E. Jaques (May): Light infesta.tion in Cedar and Keokuk Counties, 
in the southeastern section of the State. 
Utah.. G. F. Knowlton, et al. (May 9) • Damaged -peas, corn, and beans- in 
numerous gardens at Hanksville and Caineville,- Wayne County, south- 
central Utah. 
POTATO APHID ( Macro siphum solanif olii Ashm. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (May 28) : Began building up on 
tome-toes and potatoes on the Eastern Shore .during April, but have not 
become serious. 
