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TARITISEED PLANT PUG ( Lyffl.s pratonsis oLlincatus Say) 
Virginia* H, G, ^’^alker ojid L, D, Anderson (June 2j)l Rather abundant in 
nany x)otato fields on the Pastern Shore, 
TOI'LATO PHJITUOEM ( Heliothis arnigera Hbn.) 
South Carolina. N, M, Upholt (Juno 2^): damage to tona.toes has hGon re- 
duced to about 3 or 4 percent in Oraoigebtirg and Banberg Counties, a,nd 
to 6 to S percent in Soaufort Counter, 
Altabana* J, M. Robinson (June 5)* Reported as active on tor.ia.toes today 
at Perryville, 
Mississippi. C, Lyle (June 2R): Reported a,s injuring corn and tonatoos 
in most sections of the State, 
Indiana, J. J, Davis (June 23 Tona.to fruits xircro being daniaged at 
Washington, Daviess County, on June 1C, the worms being only a week 
old, Indica.tions are tha.t the species overwintered sa.fely in southern 
part of the State, 
TOl'IilTO WOPilS ( Fro topanco spp, ) 
South Carolina, W, M, Upholt (May 30)j Light dana.ge by hornv/orns is be- 
ginning to shov7 up on tomatoes grown in exoerinental "plots at Bdisto 
Sta>,tion, Barnwell Counts'", 
UtaJh, G, P, Knowlton (June, 21 ): The tomato hornvrorn ha.s dama^ged a few 
tomato plants viest O'f Layton, 
BUMS 
MEXICAIT BjiL'ilT BEETLE ( Epilachna vaxivestis Muls.) 
Connecticut, N, Turner (Juno 23 ): Dggs now hatching. Normal damage on 
garden beans, 
Nov; York, N, Y, S + p-fce Coll, L-r. Nevrs Letter (June I 6 ); Adults are causing 
some injury on Long Island and in the lov;or Hudson River Valieva. Ob- 
servations indicate the beetles arc aproearing 10 days earlier than 
la.st yean in v/cstorn Now York; overwintering beetles are apopearing 
in larger mmbers than in the last 2 yeans, and egg masses are present, 
Virginia, L, A. Hetrick (Juno 6): Adults ane flsaing and injury is beginning 
to show up on bean foliage at West Point, 
PennssT"! Vania, G, B. Slccsnsin (J'une 17 Numerous on beans in the Phila- 
delphia anea. 
South Carolina, W, C, Nettles and E. Sli^rman (June 24); Below normal thus 
fan this season. 
