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\T» B» Sanders (June 8): Attacking garlic in San Benito. 
SUED COSH MAGGOT ( Kylemyla cili crura Bond. ) 
A* I. Bourne (Jure 22): Our attention was called to a rather 
serious local outbreak: of the seed corn mag rat working in an 
or.ion field in Franklin County, By the time our attention was 
called to the outbreak, the insect had "been able to cut the stand 
of onions approximately in half. However, the maggots had 
practically reached maturity^ and by the 2th or 10th of Jane were 
already leaving the plants and forming their puparia in the 
soil. Adults of these were secured by June 17. The field where 
the infestation was centered was a block of 3 or k acres completely 
surrounded by other fields of onions with no separation boundary 
except a narrow road-ay on one side. In spite of this fact, however, 
no injury of anv consequence developed in any field but the one 
mentioned. Fro.'; 'or:. -^ i~ r: . r /fcig&t&at3 showed that the only difference 
in culture, fertilizer, etc., of this field from others immediately 
around it was that in this block a considerable amount of tankage 
had been used as fertilizer, In view of the fact that at the 
time of our last outbreak four or five years ago. in practically 
every case where serious injury resulted, cotton seed had been 
used as a fertilizer, the above may be of some significance, 
C UCUMBERS 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE (Piabrotica vitta ta Fab, ) 
A. I ♦ Bourne (June 22): On June 10 to 12 the striped cucumber 
beetles were observed for the first time. Swarms of them appeared 
and immediately covered and began to devour newly-appearing leaves 
of squashes, cucumbers, melons, etc. By the 12th they had already 
begun to do very considerable injury and were seriously threatening 
crops of this nature. Their sudden apuearance in such lar^e 
numbers is particularly serious during this ore sent season because 
unfavorable weather conditions which have orevailed almost con- 
tinuously since the breaking up of winter have held up all our 
field crops by at least 10 days, and in some cases more than two 
weeks, 
Jo J. Davis (June 26): The striped cucumber beetle has been 
reported from several localities; for example, Thorn toKEJur.e 9, 
Terre Haute June 15, and Covington June 18. Our general ob- 
servations indicate that it is normally abundant. 
A. G« Ruggles (June 17)? The striped cucumber beetle seems to 
be more abundant than ever before. 
M« H. Swenk (June 25): Thf usual complaints of injury to cucumbers 
by the striped cucumber beetle Save been received during the period 
covered by this report. 
