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TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) r - t - 
J. J. Davis (July 25): Blister beetles were the subject of 
frequent inquiry during the past month, having been reported 
from a great variety of crops and from practically all parts 
of the State. 
J. A. Munro (July 18): Blister beetles ( Cantharis nuttalli 
Say) have been very abundant this season. They are reported 
from McKenzie, Golden Valley, Adams, Ramsey, LaMoure, Williams, 
Kidder, Burke, Burleigh, Grand Forks, Pembina, Towner, Morton, 
and W a lsh Counties,, Reports indicate that they have caused 
injury chiefly to caragana, alfalfa fields, and garden stuff. 
H. C. Severin (July 14): Blister beetles of many species 
are doing much harm to crops and trees in South Dakota. Cot- 
tonwood, spruce, caragana, legume crops, potato, and garden 
truck are badly damaged in many sections. 
M. H. Swenk (July 1 - 15): Blister beetles continue to be 
reported, not only from eastern Nebraska but during the period 
here covered also from southwestern Nebraska, from Kearney, 
Gosper, Lincoln, and Keith Qounties southward. In eastern 
Nebraska the species concerned has in all cases been Epi cauta 
1 CTin-i scaJLa Eab.; while in southwestern Nebraska Macrobasis im- 
maculata Say, M. segmentata Say, and M^ unicolor Kby. have 
"oeen the species concerned. The damage was chiefly to potatoes 
but beets, beans, and lettuce, and other garden truck (except 
onions) r:@ie commonly attacked also. 
E. R. Bryson (July 23): Blister beetles are reported as 
abundant in several localities. This injury is not confined 
to the western counties since numerous complaints have come 
from eastern counties in the vicinity of Wellsville and Colum- 
bus. 
J. M. Robinson (July 23): Blister beetles ( Epicauta sp.) 
are very abundant on mangels at Auburn. Macrobasis unicolor 
Kby. destroyed 4 acres of soy beans at Tuscaloosa. Blister 
beetles, Epi cauta cinerea Eorst., are very abundant, having 
destroyed 2 acres of soy beans at Hamilton. 
W. A. Douglas (June 26): The first blister beetles. Epicauta 
lemniscata Eab., found this year at Crowley on too tan soy beans, 
June 23. 
