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PSYLLID (Paratrioza cockerelli Sulc.) 
Wyoming. C. L. Corkins (July 26): Very serious outbeak of psyllid yellows 
on potatoes, extending from Lander through the Big Horn Basin to Powell. 
Extensive control measures are now under way. 
A JERUSALEM CRICKET ( SLenopelmatus longi spina Brun. ) 
California, H. J. Ryan (July 2k) : A Jerusalem cricket, S. longi spina , was 
unusually abundant on potatoes planted in fallow ground near Huntington 
Park, in Los Angeles County. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN" BEETLE ( Epilachna corrupta Muls. ) 
New Hampshire. L, C. G-lover (July 24)1 The Mexican "bean beetle is moder- 
ately abundant. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (July 27): The Mexican bean beetle is very abundant 
in Windham and Bennington Counties. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 25): The Mexican Lean beetle very abundant 
locally. In many cases, it has been practically absent, even from large 
plantings, but, on the other hand, home gardens and commercial plantings 
have suffered severely. The "beetles apparently emerged in numbers rather 
later than usual. 
Connecticut. W. E, Britton (July 24): The Mexican Lean beetle is moderately 
abundant . 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July): Early in the month 
beetles were hatching in large numbers on Long Island. They were also 
about as numerous as last year in the western part of the State. (Abstract 
J.A.H.) 
New Jersey. T. J. Keadlee (July 24): The Mexican bean beetle is moderately 
abundant . 
Pennsylvania. L. L. Guyton (July 23): Moderately abundant throughout the 
southeastern part of the State. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (July): Injury has been greater than usual and rather 
evenly distributed over the State. Serious injury, even in northeastern 
counties during June. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 28): The Mexican bean beetle has "been reported 
as abundant and destructive in many localities in the southern half of 
the State. The potato beetle killer ( Periling bioculatus Fab.) has been 
reported frequently as attacking the larvae. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 15): ■ On June 2J> the Mexican bean beetle was 
reported doing damage to garden beans around Oshkosh, Garden County, 
this being the first record of its occurrence in that county. 
