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spotted, some fields showing considerable injury while others are com- 
paratively free. On the whole, the "beetle is considerably less abun- 
dant than last year. 
Ehode Island. A. E. Stene (August l): The Mexican bean beetle is moder- 
ately abundant. 
Connecticut. N. Turner (August 23): Attacking garden beans in. southern 
Connecticut; less abundant than last year but still very destructive. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (August 20): The Mexican bean beetle is moderately 
abundant; on the increase again. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 20): The Mexican bean beetle is destruc- 
tive, except in the eastern and. middle sections, where proper dusts 
or sprays have been applied. 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 25): The Mexican bean beetle is moderate- 
ly abundant at Lexington, Stamping Ground, and Greensburg. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 20): Very abundant at Auburn. 
Mississippi. M. R. Smith (August 20): The first-beetles to be found in 
Oktibbeha County were discovered in Starkville on August 8. It has 
apparently taken the insects 6 years to advance westward from Colum- 
bus to Starkville. 
R. B. Deen (August 13): The Mexican bean beetle is very abun- 
dant in northeastern Mississippi where it is doing serious local 
damage . 
Wyoming. C. L. Corkins (August 2l) : Moderatelv abundant; now found doing 
damago in Goshen County. 
LIMA BEAN VINE EORER ( Monoptilota pergratialis Hulst. ) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (August l): Lima beans' in the Chadbourn area 
arc very heavily infested. There is hardly a vine that does not 
show swellings made by this insect. Some plants' have more than a 
dozen of these swollon areas, causing them to break off readily when 
handled. Borers are much more numerous this season than at any time- 
during the past 10 years. 
CABBAGE 
. IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM (Ascia mpae L. ) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 20): The imported cabbage worm is very injurious 
this year. 
Indiana. J. J. D-vis (August 2U): Cabbago worms w.>re reported as very 
destructive in the extreme northern end of the State on August 12. 
About the same time wc observed thet a number of lerge cabbage fields 
