ms E CHINCH BUG (Nysius eribae Schill.) 
South Dakota, H. C. Severin and G. I. Gilbertson (May 23 )! Present in 
alarming numbers in western fringe of counties. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton and P. C«. .Harmston (May 7 ) : Injured watermelon and 
cantaloup patches at Bluff, in San Juan County. 
A COREID ( Corizus viridicatus Uhl.) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin and G. I. Gilbertson (May 23) : Gardens in the 
Spear fish Valley are being damaged. 
GARDEN CENTIPEDE ( Scutigerella immaculata Newp.) 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (May l) : Seriously damaging young germinating plants 
in a garden at Providence, Cache County. Three plantings of beans 
were destroyed on this land last season. 
Oregon. H. E. Morrison (May 20) : Severe infestations on squash and spinach 
in Eugene- and Corvallis, in the western part of the State. 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May): Present on Long Island. 
Pennsylvania. B. P. Conn (May 22): Adults and eggs readily found on 
potato plants at Lancaster, but injury is not apparent. 
Virginia. L. A. Hetrick (May 5 ) • Adults and egg masses are abundant on 
potatoes at West Point. No larvae noted. 
H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (May 28) : Very abundant in a 
number of potato fields near Norfolk. 
North Carolina. Z. P. Metcalf (May 22): Causing more serious damage than 
writer has seen for the last several years in the eastern early 
potato section. 
Georgia. W. H. Clarke (April J>0 ) : Pirst adult found in afield of potatoes 
at Cornelia, in the northern part of the State, todsy. 
P. M. Gilmer (May 17 ) ' Caused considerable damage to commercial 
potato crops in Tift County, in the southern pant of the State, and 
large numbers of young larvae are present in untreated fields. . 
Plorida. J. R. Watson (May 22): Severely injuring tomatoes in Lake County 
and eggplant in the Gainesville section and in Columbia County, in 
the northern pant of the Stale. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (May 12): Infestation on potatoes in Weakley 
County, in the northwestern part of the State, is 10 percent. 
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