-21 - 
sissippi R. ;. Harncd (Jul; cms injury -as reported on 
Juncl7 from Gulf port, on June 25 fron 1 . ridian, and on July 
1 from Fondren. 
Connecticut 
Mississippi 
'.-.. 2. Friend : (July 2c ) : Winter squash appears a r ily 
infested than usual, and adults and eggs were abundant this 
month at Hamdcn. 
SQUASH BEETLE ( LpiUchna bo real is Fab.; 
R. 17. Harncd ''July 23); Injury to squash -as reported on 
Juno 26 and 27 from several properties inyicksburg and on 
July 4 from Belzoni and Yazoo City. This species _ as also 
collected on squash at' Picayune on July 6. 
New York 
ION 
ONION THRIPS ( Thrips t abaci L. ) 
C R. Crosby and assistants (July): This insect put in its 
appearance on Long Island during the last week in June and by 
the first of July ras attracting very considerable attention 
araor.-.z; the growers. 
Virginia 
Minnesota 
Indiana 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
North Dakota 
P. J. Chapman (July 10): Some cucumber fields near Norfolk 
became heavily infested with this thrips, resulting in a re- 
duction in yield estimated at from 10 to 35 per cent of the 
crop. In one field of relatively late cucumbers the infesta- 
tion was severe at the .beginning of harvest and here the de- 
crease in yield ' ould reach 35 per cent. 
A. rl. Prick (July): Considerable damage has been found in 
Itasca County. 
ONION : - 7 ( Hylemyia ant i qua Meig. ) 
J. J. Davis (July 22): Reported damaging onions at Culver, 
Hclmsr, sixcL Vfinamac the last of June. Reports and observations 
to date, however, show decidedly less trouble than in 1928. 
7. H. Pettit (July 12): The onion maggot is working in 
Michigan in many fields. 
A. H. Prick (July): Considerable numbers have been found 
in Itasca County. 
J. A. Munro (July 22): Fdrst damage reported July 15 and 
since that time reports have b. m r eeived from a number of 
places in Rolette, Ramsey, Traill, and Cass Counties. 
