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SPITTLE BUC-S (Cercopidae) 
Washington '7m. W. Baker (May 9): Twd species of spittle "bugs are 
rather thick this season, particularly at Winlock and 
Chehalis. Some dwarfing of the plants occxirs and the fruit 
spurs are seriously injured; in severe cases parctically no 
fruit develops on heavily infested spurs. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAM BEETLE ( Epilachna ccrruu ta Muls.) 
Delaware L. A. Stearns (May 20): The first emergence of the 
Mexican "bean beetle at Camden occurred May 6. 
Virginia . P. J. Chapman (May 22): The first adult was found in a 
snap-bean field May 1 and several others were observed May 
3 and 4. The dry weather however armeared to retard emergence 
and for practical purposes emergence did not start until 
after the rains of the middle of May. Young beans an inch or 
more long may now be found in the earliest plantings of snap 
beans and some picking may be done about June 1. According to 
our hibernation cages, many beetles survived the winter in this 
area. A cage located in a pine roods ( Pinus taeda ) shows a 
36 per cent survival up to this date; and another cage in a 
mixed pine and oak woods also shows a 36 per cent survival. 
It appears likely that one or more of our cages may eventually 
sho?: a 50 per cent survival. The first egcs were found on 
this date. 
North Carolina 77. A. Thomas (May 2): Overwintering adults are attacking 
both string and lima beans and ovipositing rather heavily on 
the foliage at Chadbourn. 
Georgia 
Kentucky 
Mississippi 
Virginia 
C. H. Alden (May 21); The Mexican bean beetle is scarce 
at Cornelia; few old beetles out. 
". A. Price (May 21): The Mexican bean beetle is very 
very abundant over the entire State. 
Jack Milton (May 20): The Mexican bear, beetle is scarce, 
but an adult beetle was found at Ripley. 
E. L. Thomas (May 22): The Mexican bean beetle is moderately 
abundant in El Paso. 
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BEAN LIA? BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Eorst . ) 
P. J, Chapman (May 22): Injury was severe in some small 
patches of snap beans, starting about May 5 and subsiding 
considerably at this date. 
