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Mississippi 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duo dec inpunc tata Fab . ) 
G. M. Packard (July 5): The southern corn root worm larvae 
in conjunction with the sugar-cane beetle (Eoetheola rugicepg 
Lee.) destroyed about 10 acres of corn near Fayetteville, June 
3, necessitating replanting. They also destroyed half of the 
stand in 30 acres of corn near Estill Springs, Franklin County, 
June 12 - 16. (C. Benton.) 
A CERAMBYCIB (Prionus fissicornis Hald. ) 
¥.. E. Swenk (July 1 - 15); In Merrick County during the first 
week in July a cornfield was found attacked by larvae boring 
in the stalks, from the bottom upward. 
CARROT BEETLE ^Xigyrus. gibbosus DeG. ) 
F. A. Smith (July 20): Rough headed corn stalk borer abundant 
on stubble land in Tate and DeSoto Counties. 
CORN SILK BEETLE (L uperodes varicornis Lee. ) 
J. M. Langston (July 23): Beetles belonging to the genus 
Luperodes and probably to the species £. varicornis were reported 
as injuring corn silk at PeKalp on June 23, cotton and corn 
plants at Barland on June 27, corn at Braxton on July 8, and 
cotton at Hazlehurst on July 2. 
Mississippi 
SOYBEANS 
ASH-GPAY BLISTER BEETLE ( Macrobasis unicolor Eby. ) 
J, M. Langston (July 23): On June 24 a correspondent at 
Fulton, Itawamba County, wrote as follows: "Infestation started 
a few days ago and the insects are literally eating the soybeans 
up now. " 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Forst. ) 
State Plant Board, Press Release (June 29); The bean leaf 
beetle has injured beans, cowpeas, and soy beans in a number 
of localities by feeding on the leaves. This injur?*- is not 
likely to become serioiis unless the plants are small or the 
beetles unusually abundant. 
W. E. Hinds (July 25): The bean leaf beetle is still very 
abundant in many fields of soy beans, causing an abundance of 
holes in the foliage. 
