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and spraying are very generally employed in their control, 
particularly in the marltet garden section in the eastern 
part of the State, and seen to be giving more or less 
satisfactory results. One factor which has been noted 
regarding then, particularly i n Middlesex County, is that 
they apparently started later in the season than normally, 
and this will account for the fact that they are at 
present abundant in the stems and blossoms, when under usual 
circumstances their injury would be practically over at 
this period.. 
New York Henry Dietrich (July): The striped cucumber-beetle has 
been readily controlled with nicotine dust. 
West lirginia W» E. Rumsey (August 15): Leaf injury occurs as usual, 
but the most serious loss is from larvae in roots. June 
15 to July 15 they were most abundant in the roots. Some 
recent injury has been reported. 
Ohio H. A, Gossard (August 20): Inquiries regarding control of 
the striped cucumber -beetle were received from many parts 
of the State. 
TWELVE-SPOTTED CUCU1 IB ER -BEETLE (Diabrotica 12-punctata L.) 
Delaware J. F« Adams (July 1): The 12-spotted cucumber-beetle is 
very abundant and causing considerable injury in Sussex 
County. 
Ohio H# A, Gossard (July 25): The 12-spotted cucumber beetle was 
received from Lorain June 13, where it was attacking 
muskmelons. 
New Mexico R, Middlebrook (July 23): Throughout this entire State this 
insect is attacking all crops, abundance as compared with an 
average year being about the same. 
I-.SBL0ITS. 
A GROUND-BEETLE ( Harpalus (or very close. t© this genus) 
det. Adam Boving 
Mississippi R« W„ Earned (July 20): George Houston, Sat ill 0, Miss. .reports 
these insects seriously injuring his watermelons: n I planted 
my 7-acre late watermelon patch on the 20th of June, and got 
a perfect stand, but now on the lUth of July they "-'are killed 
by these worms. They work just under the ground. You can 
see their work on roots of these melons. These worms are the 
most destructive things that have ever been on watermelons." 
