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Mississippi 
ITew Mexico 
Nebraska 
C. Lyle and assistants ( September)! Striped blister beetles 
(E. vittata Fab.) are very abundant in Tate, De Soto, Panola, 
ITunica, Quitman, and Jjlarshall Counties. On September 5 
Specimens of J3. rqar^inata were received from Utica, where 
i he3 r were reported as causing moderate injury to turnips. 
On August 24 specimens of E. lemniscata were received from 
Sallis, where they were reported as causing none ■injury to 
turnips. 
J. R. Eyer (September 13): Blister beetles, E. pennsylvanica 
DeG. , E. maculata Say, Lytta stygica Lee . , Kacrobasis 
longicollis Lee., are very abundant and are particularly 
injurious to potatoes, cotton, alfalfa, and beans. 
FALSE CHBTGE 3UC- ( Nysius ericae Schill. ) 
M. H. Swenk (August 1 to 31); The false chinch bug badly 
damaged a 4-acre cabbage field in Lincoln County during the 
middle of August. 
Mississippi 
ITew Mexico 
Texas 
C. Lyle (September 22): ITysius ericae was reported as 
abundant on turnips at G-reenwoocI on August 18, and as causing 
severe injury to Japanese turnips at Rattiesburg on August 24. 
J. R. Eyer (September 18): The false chinch bug is very 
abundant in .all parts of the State, being particularly 
injurious to corn and alfalfa. 
S. 17. Clark (August 23): No damage has been reported as 
caused by ITysius ericae . minutus Uhler, but the bugs were 
noted as abundant in grasslands around Weslaco in July. 
POTATO A1 T D TOMATO 
Iowa 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 
H. E. Jaques (August 27): The Colorado potato beetie is 
from moderately to ver- abundant in northwestern Iowa. 
Oklahoma 
C. E. Sanborn (September 22): The Colorado potato beetle 
is very abundant. 
Alabama 
J. M. Robinson (August 20): The Colorado potato beetle is 
scarce at Auburn. 
Mississippi 
Wyoming 
C. Lyle and assistants (September): The Colorado potato 
beetle is very abundant on potatoes in the northern and north- 
eastern sections of the State. 
C. L. Corkins (August 27): The Colorado potato beetle is 
moderately abundant. 
