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STRIPED CUCUMBER- BEETLE ( Diabrotica v ittata Fab.) 
A. I. Bourne (August 20): Here at the college the second genera- 
tion of the striped cucumber- "beetle began to make its appearance 
in the fields approximately the 31st qf July. Newly- emerged 
"beetles were seen at this time in considerable numbers. 
C. H. Crosby (July 25): Many nlants killed at Ira by the larvae 
in the roots. 
C R. Cleveland (August 19): Reports of severe injury to melons 
and cucumbers and requests for control information continue to be 
received. In some instances the larvae have killed the plants. 
Tilt and Mosaic are bad in many fields, especially in small gar- 
denrplantings. 
H. 77. Allen (July 29): The adult beetles have been encountered 
at several places in Winston and Oktibbeha Counties, feeding on 
the rind of the melon, large areas of which have been thus eaten 
away and the melons made unmarketable. 
L. Haseman (July 28): The beetles of apoarertly the first spring 
brood have recently emerged in great abundance. The crop is too 
far advanced to be seriously injured, but they are feeding on the 
blossoms. Much more abundant than last month. 
H. C. Severin (July ZO): This insect is present in its usual 
numbers in South Dakota. 
M. H. Swenl: (July 1G- August l): Complaints of injury by the 
striped cucumber-beetle to cucurbits are coming in about normal 
numbers. ... 
TWELVE*, SPOTTED CUCUMBER- BEETLE ( Diabrctica -3 2- runctata Fab. ) 
C. R. Cleveland (August 19): This insect has been unusually 
abundant the past month at Lafayette, where it has conspicuously 
injured potatoes, cucumbers, melons, and other garden crops. 
J. W. McColloch (August 23): Adults are reported feeding on 
leaves and stems of watermelons. A 40-acre field has been 
seriously injured. 
MELONS 
COTTON APHID (Arhis gessypii Glov. ) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants: In Suffolk County these insects 
are appearing in some plantings, and one grower reports them as 
serious. 
C. R. Cleveland (August 19): The usual reports of serious injury 
by this insect are being received. 
