Indiana 
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J. J* Davis (June 26); The "bean leaf beetle was abundant on beans 
at Petersburg Juno 16. 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acriaiidae) 
Florida F„ S. Chamberlin (June 2k) : Fields of snap beans at Gadsden are 
being ajtigjh£L$ damaged by grasshoppers, Melanoplu s fonur-rubrum 
DeG. is' the most abundant species present, 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotic a vittata Fab. ) 
Connecticut 77, S. 3ritton (June 2'4): Reported attacking cucurbits at New 
Haven, Hamden, Plainsville, East Hartford, and Glastonbury, 
STRIPED BLISTER BEETLE (Eoicauta vitta ta Fab.) 
Alabama J„ M» Robinson (June IS): Epicauta vittata is reported attacking 
beans in Marion County. 
SEED CORN MAGGOT ( liyicmvia cili crura Rond. ) 
New York C, R. Crosby and assistants (June 18): One field in Hammondsport 
badly infested making it necessary to replant. 
YELLO" STRIPED ARMY^TORM ( P rogeni a ornithogalli Guen. ) 
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Mississippi R, 17. Earned (June 22): Specimens of the yellow striped armyworm, 
or cotton boll cutworm, Pr odenia prnithogalli . were received on 
June 5, f^om Mr, Andrew Fleming, Sibley, Miss. Mr. Fleming re- 
ported them as feeding on okra plants. 
L0XQ5TESB 3PF. 
Mississippi R» Y7« Harned (June 21): Specimens identified as Loxostege sp, by 
Mr. sS. E. Crumb of the U, S» Bureau of Entomology were reported 
as feeding on okra plants at Sibley on June 5« 
PBFPE^OTT 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 26): Grasshoppers were reported in peppermint, 
June 13, at Mishawaka. 
SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECTS 
CCTTON 
BOLL V.'EEVIL ( Anthonomus gjandis Boh.) 
Mississippi R. Y7. Harned (June 21): Reports received during the weekending 
June 19 from 85 farms in 19 counties show boll weevils present 
in 33 cases, with 60 weevils per acre as the maximum adult popula- 
tion, and 3 l/k per cent the maximum infestation of squares. Weevils 
