Nebraska 
TRUCK -CROP INSECTS 
WESTERN GARDEN FLEA PESTLE (Pbvllo treta pus ill a -Horn) 
! . H. Scenic (May 15-June 15 ): D\iring June reports of contin- 
ued injury to garden truck by this flea beetle were received 
from Holt and Harlan Counties. 
Kansas 
Kansas 
Texas 
CARROT PEETLE ( Li gyrus sibbosus DeG.) 
J,W. McColloch (May 26 ): Adults of this species have in- 
jured tomato and sweet-potato plants at Moscow. 
PLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae ) 
J. W. McColloch (.June 4) : Injury to potatoes is reported 
from Logan. 
STRIPED PLISTER PEETLE ( Bpicau'ca vittata Fab.) 
F. L. Thomas (June 7): This beetle destroyed all of the tops 
on a half acre of sugar beets near Beaumont. Also attacked to- 
mato. 
New York 
Virginia 
Florida 
Alabama 
Connecticut 
FOTATO AND TOMATO. 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE( Leptinotarsa decemi inept* Say) 
C R. Crosby and assistants, abstract from Weekly News Let- 
ter, N. Y. St. Coll. Agr. , June 25: The Colorado potato beetle 
has been reported in abundance from Genesee County and as ap- 
pearing in Onondaga, Elba, and Ontario Counties. 
W. S. Abbott (June : The Colorado potato beetle has been 
more abundant at Vienna this season than for the past six or 
eight years. 
H. W. Eerger (June 22;: In April a small but rather severe 
infestation was reported from just outside of Jacksonville. 
Another infestation on a farm at D Lnsmore (about 10 miles north- 
west of Jacksonville) was sprayed. (Reported by Win. Gomme. ) 
L. W. Prannon (June 1): The Colorado potato beetle is doing 
considerable damage to potatoes, eggplants, and tomatoes in the 
district of Birmingham. Some truckers in this locality have 
been forced to spray tomatoes to control this insect. 
POTATO FLEA BEETLE ( Epitrix cucumeris Harr. ) 
W. E. Britton (June 25): The potato flea beetle is very.. 
abundant in the following counties: Shelton, Bridgeport, Dan- 
bury, Litchfield, Hartford, Holland, and New London. 
