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Mississippi P. KG Harrison (Harch 26):. This insect is damaging 75 per 
cent of the De'afts in several fields near Picayune. 
R. .'. Harned (April 22): A very heavy infestation of the bean 
leaf "beetle on black-eyed peas was observed by Inspector Kenry 
Dietrich at Lucedale on April 1. Specimens collected on beans 
vere also received from Carriers and McNeill during the month of 
' April: ' 
SEED CORN MAGGOT ( Hylemyia cilicrura Rond.) 
Virginia p. J. Chapman' (April 17): Beans planted after about April 1 
are producing a ragged st?nd throughout the Norfolk trucking 
section and much sprouted seed and even plants well above the 
ground are found infested with the seed corn maggot. Larvae are 
frequently found in the stalk 1 to 2 inches above the ground. 
Snap beans planted between March 18 and March 25 are reasonably 
free from injury. Losses are general on the second sowings and 
large acreages are likely to be plotsed up shortly and new beans 
sown. 
THREE- CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER ( Stlctoceuhala festina Say) 
Mississippi R. '.7. Harned (April 32): Specimens of the three-cornered al- 
falfa hopper -ere collected on snap beans at Carriere March 28. 
The correspondent did not indicate the extent of injury. 
QUI ON 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrlos t abaci L.) 
California R. E. Campbell (March 25): The onion thrips is present 
pretty well over the onion acreage of the Coachella Valley, do- 
ing the usual amount of damage or perhaps more . Any increase 
in numbers is likely to cause a considerable loss. 
BAR-.: PAGED ONION FLY ( Chaetopsis aenea Gied.) 
Mississippi K. L. Cocke rham (April 7): For several days these adults have 
been quite numerous near Biloxi. So far I have 'seen- no damage, 
but they are flying around and lighting on the tops of onions 
and gladioli. 
MELONS 
WESTERN STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica trivittata Gann.) 
... r izona 0. L. Barnes ■ (April 23): On April 5 and 16, the western striped 
cucumber beetle on cantaloupe was reported. It was doing 
