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Utah. C-. 1. Knowlton (July 27): Tomato worms arc damaging tomato plants at 
Smithf ield. 
VARIEGATED CUfcWORM ( lycoph^tia margaritosa s?v.cia Hbn. ) 
Colorado. G, M. List (August 24); The variegated cutworm is unusually abuncU 
in many sections of the eastern half of the- State, doing great ical of i Jury 
to tomatoes by eating into the fruit, and ir some cases injuri 
many other garden crops. It is very abundant in alf lfa. 
POMACE FLIES ( Pro so phi la spp. ) 
Delaware. D. MacCreary (August 22): The vinegar fly is infesting ripe cannin 
tomatoes in southern Delaware. 
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. P. IT. Annand (August): Tomatoes arriving 
packing houses arc infested with larvae.' This condition is prevalent through- 
out the tri- State (Maryland, "Tew Jersey, and Delaware) packi'.i-r area. 
(Abstract, ?. D. 5, ) 
BEAN S 
MEXICAN BE&N BEETLE ( ^pilachna corrupta Muls.) 
General. N. F. Howard (August 2 C ): Throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, 
West Virginia and the eastern portion of the Carolines the Mexican bean beetle 
has been less destructive than a year ago. While early beans were injured to 
a considerable extent in some instances, in other instances beans "'ere picked 
from untreated plantings. Late plantings, while injured in some cases to a 
considerable extent, should bear a crop of beans. 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (August 23): The Mexican bean beetle is very 
I took an overwintering adult from a bean plant on August 3. Large numbers 
of the first generation adults were emerging during the first week in August. _ 
Rhode Island. A. "k Stene (August 21): The Mexican bean beetle is very abundant. 
Massachusetts. A. I. 3ourne (August 22): The Mexican bean beetle is - icrally 
present throughout the State. In most areas, particularly in the istern 
and southern parts of the State where no particular efforts had 3 l made to 
control the pest, it did a considerable amount of defoliation. In c >mnercial 
plantings, however, where control measures were promptly under taken, the pest 
was satisfactorily checked. 
Connecticut. *'.'. E. Britton (August 24): The Mexican bean orotic is very abundant, 
New Jersey. B. F. Driggors, R. C. Burdette, and C. C. Hamilton (August 25): Z 
Moxican bean beetle is very abundant. 
New York. P. J. Parrott (August 23): The Mexican beetle is modor ly abun- 
dant in the southwestern part of the State. 
Delaware. D. MacCreary (August 2,3): The Mexican bean beetle is v 
and is causing considerable injury in all parts of the State. 
