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POTATO FLEA BEETLE ( Epitrix cucumeris Harr.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agri News Letter (May 18): Sonc potato flea 
beetle injury is showing up in Nassau County. 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (May 27): On May lH potato flea "beetle was 
just starting on potatoes. The initial infestation is not as large as 
in nost years. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 26): Potato flea beetles are connon and destruc- 
tive over the State generally. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (May 23): Potato flea beetle unusually abundant. 
Mississippi. J. E. Lee (May 23): The heaviest infestation of potato flea 
"beetles in several years was noted at Purvis early in May. . 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): Plea beetles, especially E. cucumeris , 
are damaging tomatoes, potatoes, and many other snail plants in several 
sections of the State. 
TOMATO PINWORM ( Gnorimo schema lycopersicella 3usck) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 21): Tomatoes in the Bradcnton section show a 
very light infestation of the pinworn. 
POTATO APHID ( illinoia solanifolii Ash». ) 
Virginia. H. C-. Walker (May 25): The pink and green potato aphid is 
beginning to appear on potatoes at Norfolk in small numbers. 
TOMATO PSYLLID ( Paratrioza cockerelli Sulc.) 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): The tomato psyllid was taken in a "car trap" 
at Grand Junction April 20 by 0. A. Hills. Adults were taken on native 
host plants at Las Animas, by L. Sweetman on May 2. On May l6 eggs 
were rather numerous at Fort Collins on tomato plants growing in the 
coldframe. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis Muls.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (May 25): The Mexican bean beetle appears to have 
suffered a very heavy winter mortality, as they are very scarce in the 
field and loss than 2 percent have emerged from hibernation cages at 
Norfolk. 
L. W. Brannon (May j) • The first Mexican bean beetle of the season 
was found feeding in the field in the Norfolk area on April 20. Only 
one beetle was found on 20 rows of snap beans 300 foot long, so the 
beetle is apparently one of the first to emerge. Daily observations have 
.been made since the first beans were observed on April 11. 
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