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LE£F EEBTLS (C erotoma trif urcata Forst.) 
5outh . J - °- Pepper (May 12): The adults cf this insect are doing con- 
Carolina siderable e to young beans in the Fiedraont section. They 
are present in larger numbers than usual. 
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FE-1 APHID ( Illino ia pi si Kaj t . ) 
California R. E. Campbell (April 27): «.bout 2,0 r acres of seed peas in 
the Salinas Valley has become infested. One-fc of the acre- 
age is badly infested, and will be severely damaged, but the 
rest of the acreage will at least produce a partial crop. 
-. D. Urbahns (llay 13): V. G. Stevens reported aphids severely 
attacking beans and peas in the vici . tcord, Contra 
Costa County. The loss, is estimated as 25 uer cent. 
.-±risona 
Arizona ITews Letter Volume 5, ho. 3, larch 31 : The outstanding 
insect pest during the month of March was the pea aphid. In- 
jury ran from a small per cent of damage to practically a to- 
tal loss; in some fields large areas cf the vines v:e~e killed. 
CriCh TE1 IPS (T hrius t abaci L.) 
!!exico ~- "- Morrill (hay 21): iThi the onions matured the thrips 
moved over to an adjoining field of green peas and scarred the 
pods on a few acres so that the crop was ruined for marheti 
green. There -as some Salvage by selling the dried peas (Ys 
Valley). 
:SLOhS. S^Ua.SE, a hD CU CUI3hR 
S=tUASE 3UG U~asa tristis Del. ) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (Hay 20): Squash bugs are ^exy abundant this year 
at Marshallville , doing considerable damage to watermelons, 
They have ruined seme fields of melons. Growers are hand-pick- 
ing and using nicotine sulphate. 
Alabama L. '.",". . n (:;?_• 23): mgs are appearing in this lo- 
cality (Eirminghau) and are depositing eggs on squash. The 
first hatching . ass r-as seen toe 
. ( Ilelittia satyr in iformis Hbn.) 
kississip 1 V.. L. Cockerham (liay 7) : On the above date I lined a crop 
of squash at 3ilo>:i and found practically every stalk badly 
fested with borers. It is doubtful if the owner gets a single 
fruit from his crop. The stalks were already dying. 
