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CUCUMBERS 
MELON APHID ( Aphis -o ssypii 01 o v.) 
G. E. Gould (May 22): This aphid is appearing earlier 
than last year, having been found on squahh, cantaloupe and 
cucumber. There have been no reports of serious infestation 
yet. 
J. R. Watson (May 20): The melon aphid became quite 
abundant and widespread on vaterraelon the last days of April, 
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but has been brought under control by hymenoptero parasites, 
so that very little injury is being done. 
H. Dietrich (May 20): Melon aphids were very bad in a 
watermelon fi»?Xd at Vernal previous to May 13. 
MELON WORM ( Diaphania hyalinata L.) 
J. R. Watson (May 20): The melon worm is proving 
troublesome in many parts of the State, particularly to summer 
squash and cantaloupe . 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica vittata Fab . ) 
L. A. Stearns (May 20): First adults of the striped 
cucumber beetle were observed at Bridgeville May 9. 
W. A. Thomas (May 5) : A larce number of growers at 
Chadhourn report great hordes of these insects appearing 
suddenly in their fields and in some cases almost destroying 
the crop over night. 
K. A. Kirkpatrick (May 9^: The striped cucumber beetle is 
very abundant in Hennepin County. 
R. W. Earned and assistants (May): This insect is being 
reported as from moderately abundant to very abundant in 
practically all sections of the State. 
D. Isely (May 23): The striped cucumber beetle is moderately 
abundant in the cantaloupe sections of the Arkansas River 
bottoms, and practically absent in the southv/e stern part of the 
State . 
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New York 
ONION I!AC~C-0T ( "vjex-j^ r.-.Uou Meig.) 
Weekly News Letter, N. Y. State Coll. Agr. (May): The 
adults were emerging rapidly in '"'illiamson County before tie 
