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Dakota and the larvae were becoming trouble son e as far north as Indiana. 
During June this insect was reported as abundant as far north as Iowa and 
Wisconsin, and during Jul Tr it was quite generally reported as unusually 
troublesone in the Central States as far westward as Minnesota 'and Kansas. 
Serious depredations continued in the Middle Atlantic and Central States 
during the greater part of the summer and well into the fall, the area of 
serious numbers extending as far west as the Dakotas and Iowa. 
HARLEQUIN BUG 
The harlequin bug ( Murgantia histrionic?. Halm) was observed active 
in eastern Texas during the middle of February, and the first adults to be 
seen in the field along the Atlantic seaboard were observed on April 9 in 
Virginia and two weeks later in North Carolina. By the middle of April 
the insect was very abundant in the Gulf Coast region, where it was doing 
considerable damage to turnips, kale, and collards. As the season advanced 
heavy infestations were reported in the Norfolk district of Virginia and 
northward to southern Hew Jersey, .and late in the season, mid-August, it 
was found in numbers. in southeastern Nebraska, Indiana, Ken tucky, and the 
District of Columbia. 
A PLANT BUG 
During midsummer calls were received from several growers of tomatoes 
in .Orange County, Calif., asking for assistance in controlling the plant 
bug Eng.ytatus geniculatus Reut. This insect was found to be quite numerous 
in the field and feeding spots- ; were evident on the stems. This appears to 
be the first record of this insect as a tomato pest in the United States. 
The species was described in 1876 from Texas. It has been reported from 
Louisiana as a predator on the eggs of Heliothis spp. and is apparently 
widely distributed in this country, being recorded from Florida, Louisiana, 
Texas, and California. Van Duzee says the species occurs from Florida to 
southern California. It lias also been recorded from Mexico, Brazil,, and. 
Hawaii. In Brazil it is said to be injurious to tobacco and in Hawaii it 
is recorded as the most serious pest of tomatoes where it damages the fruit 
by sucking' the juice from the developing ovaries, causing a premature falling 
of the blossoms. The insect was first collected in the Hawaiian I si. and by 
0. H. Swezey in 1924. It Was' also reported from there in 1925, 1926 and 1929. 
SQUASH BUG 
"During June we began receiving reports of the squash bug ( Anasa x ristis 
DeG. ) from the South Atlantic and Lower Mississippi Valley States, where the 
insect was doing considerable damage to summer squash. As the season . 
advanced, reports became much more numerous and included the Middle Atlantic 
and Central States extending westward to Kansas and Nebraska. Serious 
damage was reported from the Fast Central, the West Central, the Middle 
Atlantic, and the South Atlantic States westward to Mississippi, and also 
from Idaho, Utah, and New Mexico. The crops damaged included squash, 
pumpkin, melon, and cucumber. In Utah this insect has been a pest for a 
number of years and has practically eliminated squash as a crop in many 
