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Mississippi, C. Lyle (August 2^): Injury to Lite watermelons by D. vittata 
reported recently from Rankin and Hinds Counties, western Mississippi, 
and from Tate County, northwestern Mississippi. On July 28 specimens 
were received from Itawamba County, northeastern Mississippi, with the 
report that they were very abundant and causing much damage to water- 
melons. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (August 22) J Southern corn rootworm (3D. duo d e c i mpun c t a <-■ o 
F. ) reported as damaging corn at Harlan, Council Bluffs, and in other 
parts of Pottawattamie and Shelby Counties, western Iowa. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 2*4): Late cucumbers and squash at Columbia 
••were recently very severely attacked by swo.rms of striped cucumber 
beetles. The 12-spotted beetle is equally abundant and even more des- 
tructive than the former at Columbia. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and assistants (August): In Hennepin County, 
southeastern Minnesota, and Pipestone County, southwestern Minnesota, 
striped cucumber beetles are very abundant. 
Texas. J. N. Roney (August 22) J Cucumber beetles (D. duodec impunc'tata and 
D. balteata ) reported on tomato, collards, eggplant, pepper, and mustard 
in Galveston County, southeastern Texas. 
Montana. H. B. Mills (August 20): Striped cucumber beetle appeared for 
the first time in Montana this year, according to our records. Speci- 
mens identified from Culbertson, Roosevelt County, northeastern Mon- 
tana, and from Billings, Yellowstone County, in the south-central part 
of the State. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (August l): D, c'uodec impunctata damaging cucumbers 
at Moab. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygas pratensis L.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (August 27): Very abundant in potato fields in 
Orleans and Caledonia Co\\nties, northeastern Vermont. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 8): Causing notice- 
able injury to cauliflower heads in Delaware County, eastern New York. 
In western New York- in upland fields they are numerous. They are 
more abundant than usual in up-State New York and in some places doing 
considerable damage. (August 22); i n 'Wayno County, western New 
York, the bugs are still fairly numerous in celery fields and consider- 
able fresh damage was found this week, 
SALT-MARSH CATERPILLAR ( Estigmene acraea Drury) 
Maine. J. H. Hawkins (August): In central Maine a serious outbreak on 
corn, beans, lettuce, and. other "vegetables was checked 'by an unident- 
ified fungus disease, which killed most of the caterpillars before 
they were fully grown but not until serious injury was inflicted. 
