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COHff EAR WORM ( Eeliothis obsoleta Fab . ) 
Georgia. J. B. Gill (May 22): Tho tomato fruit wore has been very trouble- 
some in tomato fields at Tif ton. 
South Carolina. C. 0. Bare (May IS): Examination of 355 stalks in a field 
of sweet corn showed gg stalks, or 25 percent, infested with from one to 
three larvae per stalk. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (May 23): Tomato fruit worms are begin- 
ning to damage tomatoes in the districts around Ocean Springs, Moss Feint, 
and Brockhaven. These insects severely injured the young growth and buds 
on roses in Fascagoula early in May. 
Kansas. H. H. Walkdon (May 25): One adult was taken at tho Hays trap light 
on May 2, tho first appearance of the insoct this season. At Manhattan 
the first adult was taken at the trap light on May 19 and another ~n Y.r: 
24. All were badly rubbed. IJcne have been observed in tho fiold. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (May 20): Moths were beginning to oviposit on tomatoes 
en May ik, just as the plants were beginning to bloom. Eggs or nowly 
hatchod larvae were apparently dislodged by heavy rains and wind during 
the following weok, as on May 20 only new-laid eggs w^re found. 
S. W, Clark (May k) : This insect is more abundant than usual en c^rn 
and tomato at Woslaco. It is soriously damaging pop corn. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Spilachna corrupta Muls. ) 
Correction. --The record of tho Mexican bean beetle in Mississippi by E. VT. 
Lunnam, in the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, May 1, 1335, p. So, is erron- 
oous. The specimen has been determined as E. bor^alis Fab. 
Maryland. L. W. Brannon (May 3): The first Mexican bean beetlo of tho season 
was found feeding in the field on the Eastern Shore at Salisbury en V.r-.y J« 
A large number of field examinations wero made in the vicinity and only 
one beetlo was found. 
Virginia. I. W, Brannon (April 29): Tho first beetlo of the season was foi 
feeding in tho fiold in the Norfolk area en April 29. Only one b^otlo was 
found on 25 rows of beans, so the beetlo is apparently one of tho first td 
emerge. Daily observations have boon made since April IS. On tho Eastern 
Shore of Virginia tho first bootlo was found feeding in tho fiold en May 1 
near Belle Haven. 
H. G. Walker (May 25) t About 20 percent of the overwintering beet 
have emerged from our hibernation cages at Norfolk. 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (May 27): The Mexican bean beetle is becoming 
active in the field. 
