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MELON aPEID (Aphis gossypii G-lov.) 
T. D. Urbahns (April lo): Geo Mar chbank report ed aphids on can- 
taloupes and v/ater melons in unusual abundance in 'Madera County, 
the plants being practically destroyed in some fields. 
A. '7. Morrill (May 20):Aphid attack in cantaloupe fields in the 
spring of 1527 was of short duration. IThile growers assumed 
that they had controlled the pest in Ya^ui Valley by insecti- 
cides, I am of the opinion that control was due to activities of 
a kymenopterous parasite ( Aphidius sp. ) which was doing effective 
work against the aphids on cotton sprouts in April. I did not 
personally visit the melon fields said to have been infested. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica du odecimpunctata Eab.) 
H. w. Earned (.'lay 2l+) : Specimens of the 12- spot ted cucumber 
beetle collected on Irish potatoes at Picayune on May 5, and at 
myrtle on May 9. Damage by these insects to cucumbers r '<?s re- 
ported from Bogue Chitto, May 17. Specimens were collected on 
corn at Matchez May lS. 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica vittata Eab.) 
in S7.- Brannon (May 3): This insect has been doing considerable 
damage to young cucumbers and squash in this locality (Birmingham' 
R. <\. Earned (May 2h) : Serious damage to cucumbers by the 
striped cucumber beetle was reported from 3 gu.e Chitto, May 17- 
This complaint was accompanied by specimens of the insects. 
TUREIPS 
wAVY-STRIPED ELEA BEETLE ( Phyllctreta sinuata Steph, ) 
M. A. Thomas (April 27): During the first wee.: of April the 
larvae of Phvllotretp s inuata were observed mining the leaves of 
turnips and mustard in a small home garden at Chadbourn. The 
attack was so severe that many of the plants were killed. Mature 
plants in the same garden were less seriously affected, only the 
lower leaves next .to the ground being heavily infested. The 
adults of this generation began emerging the third week in April 
and by the last week of the month many of the turnips and adja- 
cent pepper grass were almost covered with the adults of this 
species. .. On some of the turnip leaves the insects were so thick 
that the. leaf could scareely be seen. Much of the foliage was 
completely skeletonized/in a couple of days. A severe dust 
storm on April 30 dislodged most of the insects from the olants, 
which were nearly free from the infestation on May 1. By' May 3 
tne insects had returned to the plants in greater number than 
be-fore the storm. 
