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localities. Throughout practically the entire territory the insect was 
said to have been more troublesome than in many years, and in Ohio it was 
more destructive than ever before recorded. 
BANDED 0UCUM3EP 3EEILE 
The banded cucumber beetle^ ( Diabrotica balteata Lee.) was quite .„ 
generally reported in the Gulf r.egion from Florida to Arizona. As far as 
the records of the.. Survey go, this/was first recorded in Florida in 1926 
and it now seems to be quite prevalent in that State, particularly over 
the Peninsula. Although it is doing occasional damage to snap beans, 
dahlias, and a number of other crops, it was not of any considerable economic 
importance this year. 
PICSLSWOBM 
The first adult of the pickle worm ( piaphania nitidalis Stoll) to be_ 
recorded was observed in Mississippi on May 16. The first larvae of the 
season were observed boring in summer squash on July 17 in North Carolina. 
As the spring advanced this insect became increasingly numerous. Reports 
of damage were received from practically the entire lower Mississippi 
Yalley and South Atlantic region northward to New England and Ohio. 
Usually this insect is of very minor importance in the northern States, 
but this year it did considerable damage in Maryland, Ohio, and Connecticut. 
This is the first -record of it as a pest in Connecticut. 
SEED COM MAGGOT 
The first report of damage by the seed corn maggot ( Hylemyia cilicrura 
Pond.) was received from southern Mississippi on January 21; and on 
February 18 it -was observed destroying corn in Eastland County, Tex. In 
March the insect was reported as destroying cucumber plants in central . • 
Florida. It was not so serious as usual on potato seed pieces, beans, and 
peas in the trucking section of Virginia and the Carolinas, although it was 
reported as causing considerable damage to snap beans in North Carolina,, 
and. during the cool weather of May it did considerable damage to bean seed 
in Virginia and to corn, peas, and beans in western Texas, Illinois, Missouri, 
parts of Kansas, and Utah. Daring June the insect was rather destructive 
to bean plantings in western New York and was reported as damaging corn and 
beans in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska. 
ASPARAGUS MINER 
Although the asparagus miner ( Agromyza simplex Loew) has been known in 
northern and central California for a good many yearn, it was recorded this 
year for, the first, time in the southern part of the state in Los Angeles 
County. 
