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tho inspect is largely in the adult stage, many eggs now being* deposited* 
In Erie County the insect is about 5 days ahead of the "higher altitude" 
counties and larvae' of the second brood are active. 
New Jersey. H. W. Allen (August 22): Nearly complete defoliation of beans 
noted in a number of fields in the western part of Burlington County 
on August 21 • 
E. Kostal- (August 15)' Abundant and destructive on lima and string 
beans at Morganville, Monmouth County. 
Virginia. H. G. "Talker (August): Has been very abundant in many fields of 
beans and has seriously injured a great many plantings of beans in 
eastern Virginia, whore not properly controlled. 
North Carolina. W, A. Thomas (August 1";): This insect has been unusually 
destructive to beans, cowpeas, and soybeans in the vicinity of Chad- 
bourn, Columbus County, in the southern part of the State. The attack 
has been more disastrous to beans, mostly limas, than to the other 
crops. 
M, D. Leonard (August l): A patch of several acres of large 
plants with considerable foliage injured at Enfield, Halifax County, in 
the northeastern part of the State. 
South Carolina. E. Sherman (August 22): Now more destmctive at Clemson 
than is usual at this season. 
J. G. Watts (August): Considerable damage is "being done to beans 
in home gardens at Blackville. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (August lU): Has utterly destroyed a crop of lima 
beans at Greenville, central Georgia. 
T. L, Bissell (August 22): Adults and young are noticeable on 
soybeans and cowpeas. Also reported on a field of young lima beans. 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 23): Infestation at Havana,' Gadsden County, 
continuing to develop. Insects apparently becoming more numerous. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 23): Reports of damaging beans and peas 
in Davidson, DeKalb, Sumner, Warren, and Weakley Counties. Damage at 
this time heavier than earlier in the season. Approximately 100 
percent of the leaves of limo. beans punctured in Weakley County. 
Ohio. N. E. Howard (August): Numerous and injurious in the Columbus area. 
In most gardens beans are defoliated unless control measures had been 
taken. 
R. H. Nelson (August 15): First adult specimens of second-gen- 
eration beetles noted near South Point, Lawrence County, in the south- 
eastern part of the State, on August 15« Infestations general in the 
South Point area during August and untreated plantings severely injured. 
G. A. Runner (August 23): Abundant on beans locally in the San- 
dusky area, northern Ohio. 
Indiana. J. <J. Davis (August 2^): Continues to be very abundant throughout 
