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STRIPED BLISTER BEETLE ( Epicauta vittata Fab.) 
Kansas J. 7/. McColloch (July 13): This beetle has caused consid- 
erable damage to gardens at Rexford and Delphos, 
gardens by an undetermined spcnii.s 
TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE ( Eeltrix -oarvula Fab.) 
Minnesota A. H. Frick (July 15): Very abundant in Polk County. 
California A. C. D a vis (July 18): Leaves of eggplant are perforated 
vrith holes. However, plants are too large for serious injury. 
WAVY-STRIPED FLEA BEETLE ( Phyliotreta . sinua te. Steph.) 
Mississippi R. "•". Earned (July 23} : Beetles belonging to this species 
■"ere reported as abundant on mustard plants at Tupelo on June 
24. 
STRIPES FLEA BEETLE ( phyliotre ta vitta ta Fab . ) 
Wyoming H. L. Sweotman (July 17;: A striped flea beetle, probably 
this species, destroyed seven or eight acres of fi^ld beans 
in Sheridan County. 
FLEA BEETLES ( Systena spp.) 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (July 23): S. frontali s Fab. *was sent in from 
iiayersville on June 15, with the following statement: "Very 
numerous on late plantings and seems to be causing the loss 
of stands in many sections. The beetles feed on both the top 
and under surfaces of the leaves." S. elongata Fab . ^as found 
eating the shuck around cotton squares at Pace on June. 27 and 
was also abundant on mustard at Tupelo on June 24. 
PEL SPIDER ( Tetranychu s telarius L. ) 
Virginia P. J. Chapman (July 12): Snap beans of all ages were found 
badly infested in gardens at Norfolk during the recent dry 
spell. Soy beans are commonly infested and small areas in 
some fields show commercial damage. At Onloy lima beans are 
infested, causing stunting and even death of the plants in 
small areas of a field undar observation. 
POTATO /LLP TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO B2ETLE ( Leptinotersa decemlineat a Say) 
Flew York C. R. Crosby and assistants (July): In parts of Suffolk 
County the Colorado potato beetle was so abundant that the 
usual Sprayings were not sufficient to control the outbreak. 
