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BEAU LEAF BEETLE ( Ccrotoma trifurcata For St.) 
E. "7. Mendenhall (July 2): Quite abundant on beans at 3randt. 
R. :.•'. Earned (July 23): Reported as moderately abundant on 
beans at Cruger on June 27. 
Maryland 
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Haiti 
Nov/ York 
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Alabama 
Missouri 
LIMA BEAN VILE BORER ( MonoTotilota pergratialis Hulst ) 
E. IT. Cory (July 24): Reported on July 9 from Salisbury. 
R. Yi/\ Harned (July 23): Specimens- were found seriously in- 
juring lima beans, at Meridian July 1. 
A MOTH. (L^piaoptera) 
E. C. Smith (July 2): We have observed for the first time 
a lepidopterous larva boiing into the branches of sowers - ! 
varieties of beans, beginning at the tips and working do^rn. 
Severest damage -vas done to the common r^d beans of Haiti 
and a large bean called "pois majock." This damego stops 
grorth and either stunts the plant or spoils the contour. 
The larvae also bore into the pods. The identity of this in- 
sect is not knorrn. 
CU CUMBERS AND MELONS 
MELON .aPHID ( Aohis g ossy-oii Glov. ) 
Eoekly Nous Lettor, ST. Y. State College of Agr., July 22: 
Melon aphids are appearing in large numbers in some plantings 
of melons in Chautauqua '^ounty and are doing considerable in- 
jury. 
PICZEE "./OEM ( Eieohania nitidalis Stoll) 
P. K. Harrison (July c): This insect is doing severe damage 
to squash at Picayonc and Carriere. 
R. 7. Harned (July 23): Caus :d much injury this season 
tl ■ rough out Mississippi to squash, canteloupo, and cucumber. 
J. M. Robinson (July 27): Cant c loupe worms have about com- 
pleted the destruction of the late July cant c loupes in central 
Alabama. 
SQUASH BORER ( Melittia satyrinifor mis Kbn. ) 
A. C. Burrull (July 24): ^bout 95 per cent of the Hubbard 
squash in a garden near Jefferson City is ruined. 
