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Indiana 
TRUCK-CROP I IT SECTS 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
J. J. Davis (July 30): Blister "beetles continue to "be re- 
ported frequently. Undoubtedly these insects are 'more abundant 
this year than for a number of years. 
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South Dakota 
A. G. Haggles (August 20): L ytta n uttalli S&y is very 
numerous in the northwestern part of the State damaging beans. 
J. A. Munro (August 22): Considerable attention has been 
directed toward the blister beetles. Pembina, Walsh, Ramsey, 
Cavalier, Stutsman, Nelson, Grand Porks, and Griggs were among 
the counties troubled, the first four named being apparently 
the chief victims. The injur?/ was confined mainly to garden 
stuff and caragana hedges. 
M. H. Swenk (July 15 to August 1): Blister beetles continued 
to be reported as damaging alfalfa,, potatoes, and garden truck, 
in all sections of the State, As previously, Epi caut a lemniscat a 
Pab. is the prevailing species in southeastern Nebraska, while 
species of Macrobasis dominate in western Nebraska. However, 
E. cinere a Porst. was found damaging kohlrabi and cabbage in a 
truck patch near Omaha in Douglas Count3 r . 
H. R. Bryson (August 22): Blister beetles were reported 
injurious at 3elvidere, Lenora, Miltonvale, Quinter, Topeka, 
and F.ichmond, 
P. A. Smith (August 20): The striped blister beetles are very 
abundant on tomatoes and eggplant in the six nor tkwe stern 
counties of the State. 
W. E. Hinds (August 21): Blister beetles are feeding on 
alfalfa and soybeans at Baton Rouge. 
NORTHERN MOLE CRICKET ( Gryllotalpa h exadactrla Perty) 
E. 77. Berber (August 24): The mole cricket is very abundant 
at Winter Haven. Injury is severe in a newly set lawn. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill. ) 
H. C. Severin (August 20): The false chinch bugs are abundant 
over much of South Dakota and doing damage especially to 
garden crops. 
