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strawberry plants in Adams County. He reported that these 
insects -ere damaging the strawberry plants. flhen he was in- 
formed that we had never previously receivod complaints about 
these insects attacking strawberries, he went to the farm from 
which the preview specimens had been collectrd, and obtained 
more of the beetles, as well as a number of the plants that ^ere 
bein? attacked by the beetles. Hhese. insects ^ere boring- into the 
strawberry crowns and roots near the surface of the ground just 
as they 'bore into corn and sugar cane „ 
BED SPIDEE ( Tetranychus telarius I. ) 
laryland E, N. Cory (May 12): Becoming abundant on old beds of strawberry 
in Montgomery County. Dusting and spraying are general o^'ing 
to great loss suffered from the same pest last year, 
STEUTBSRHY HOOT APHID (Aphis f orbs si 'Teed) 
Mississippi R« TJ. Harned(May 5) : Reported by a correspondent attacking straw- 
berries at Natchez on May 5, and was determined by A. I. Kamner. 
ASPARAGU S 
ASPARAGUS BEETIE (Cr icceri s espara^-i L«) 
Massachusetts A. I* Bourne (Kay 21): To arte the asparagus beetles have not 
made their appearance at Amherst. 
BEAMS 
MEXICO? BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna corrupts Muls. ) 
[South Carolina J, 0, Pepper (Hay lU): According to Mr,, Eddy, assistant entomologist, 
field activity of this insect, for 192? started en May 10. It 
has not Deen found in the field as yet this season. 
Mississippi R„ TV* Earned (May 19): Under date of May 17, B. W. -Tones, county 
agent of Tishomingo County, Miss., wrote as follows: "7/nile 
in the Golden community in the south end of Tishomingo County 
on Friday, May lU, I learned that the Mexican bean beetle had 
practically destroyed many patches of beans and was damaging 
sever:"' rnore. !f 
BEaN LE.-J BEETLE ( Coroto ma trifurca ta Eoerst.) 
South Carolina J, 0. Pepper (May 8): This insect is attacking young beans in the 
garden in abundant numbers in the Piedmont Section. Serious 
injury is being caused in seme places. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (May 25) i The bean leaf beetle was reported damaging 
"bean foliage at Shoals on May lU. 
