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Nebraska. L\ B. Whelan (June 20 to July 20): Eggplant leaves were being badly- 
riddled by the flea beetle in Lincoln. 
A LEAF BEETLE ( Gratiana pallidula Boh.) 
Nebraska. D. B. Whelan (June 20 to July 20): Cassida pallidula was found on 
eggplant in Lincoln. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna corrunta Mills.) 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (July 23): On June 22 two adults were found feed- 
ing on field beans in East Westmoreland. Eirst-generation larvae and newly 
formed pupae were found in Nashua on July 19, and since that time larvae 
have been found in Marlboro, Cheshire, Hinsdale, Hollis, Wilton, and Concord. 
First-generation adults were found in Hollis on July 22. Apparently the 
beetle is generally distributed in southwestern New Hampshire. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (July 26): Mexican bean beetles are very abundant at 
Brattleboro and Vernon; moderately abundant so far at Putney, and reported 
in New fane. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 26): Mexican bean beetle has been much more 
abundant in the sections of the State now infested than was the case last 
year. This is particularly true of the lower half of the Connecticut Valley. 
In Hamden County in fields which were not protected by spray or dust during 
the early season, the beetles have practically stripped the plants and ren- 
dered the crop worthless. By the middle of July the first-brood larvae 
were maturing and numerous pupae were found. At the present time the adults 
of the first summer brood are beginning to appear in considerable numbers. 
The infestation is not quite so serious in the eastern part of the State and 
in the more northern sections where the species has more recently established 
itself, but present indications point to a rather heavy infestation during 
the later broods and the danger of considerable injury if prompt measures 
for control are not put into effect. 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stene (July 23): The Mexican bean beetle is very abundant 
and generally distributed. 
Connecticut. N. Turner (July 22): The first-generation adults are now appearing. 
First-generation damage was general and severe on garden beans. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr., Weekly News Letter (June 27): The Mexican 
bean beetle is more generally distributed and is doing more damage here than 
ever before in Greene County. 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (July 16): -The Mexican bean beetle is very abundant 
in Franklin County this sear. The overwintering adults and first-generation 
larvae have done an immense amount of damage to beans in gardens. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 21): The Mexican bean beetle is very abundant. 
Virginia. K. G. Walker (July 27): The Mexican bean beetle is moderately abundant, 
