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starting actively to attack lima beans on May 24 at Felton. 
The first eggs of the season were observed hatching at Newark 
on June 21. 
F. M. Wadley (June 1): Adults on beans at Silver Spring are 
causing some injury. 
W. J. Schoene (June 22): This insect is attracting atten- 
tion over the State. The adults have caused serious damage. 
N. F. Howard (May 26): On May 26 over 32 per cent of the 
beetles placed in hibernation cages at Arlington Farm had 
emerged. This is probably a high record for the eastern and 
southeastern United States. 
C. A. Brannon (June 25): The Mexican bean beetle is causing 
severe injury all over the State. 
M. H.Brunson (June 25): This insect is very abundant and 
destructive, especially in the eastern half of the State. 
N. F. Howard (May 31): The average survival from seven 
cages in two sections of Ohio to date is slightly under 1.5 
per cent, which for this section is high. 
J. M, Robinson (June 25): This insect is very abundant; it 
has ruined all snap beans in infested areas in northeastern 
Alabama. It is more destructive than in any year since its 
coming into the State. It seems to be adjusting itself to the 
lower altitudes. A very interesting thing, however, is that 
Stiretrus anchorago personatus Germ, has been feeding on both 
the larvae and adults. 
R. W. Harned (June 24): This insect is causing considerable 
damage in several northeastern counties; found for the first 
time in Lowndes and Tippah Counties. 
J. R. Douglass (June 6): One Mexican bean beetle was found 
on beans in the foothills of Estancia Valley on June 1. Sub- 
sequent scouting showed that they had appeared in canyon fields 
along the western edge of the valley. This is 10 days ahead 
of the earliest appearance, in the field, on record. Surveys 
of the middle Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico on June 5 showed 
that the beetles had recently entered the fields. 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Forst.) 
M. H. B runs on (June 25): Cowpeas at Clemson College have 
been seriously injured, but the insect is now on the decline. 
&. '.'. Mendenhall (June): This insect is quite bad on young 
beans just coming up at Springfield. 
