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A SCARABAEID BEETLE ( Pachystethus marginatas Fab. ) 
Horth Carolina. Tl', W.- 'Leiby (July 11):. This beetle appears to be present in more 
than average numbers, causing damage to pecan and walnut trees in the eastern 
section of the State. 
• ; ■■••■■ ■", WIREWORMS (ELateridae)' 
Florida and' Alabama. K. L. Cbckerham (June): On a recent scouting trip 0. T» 
Deen found Heteroderes laurentii Guer. in two additional counties in Florida, 
• - namely, Okaloosa and Walton and ' in five additional counties in Alabama, name- 
ly, Monroe, Conecuh, Covington, Geneva, and Houston. 
Connecticut. D. S;'"Lacroix (July 2): -larvae of the eastern field wireworm 
( Pheletes ectypus Say) are more abundant throughout the tobacco-growing areas 
in the Connecticut Valley, and are working much later than in 1930 and 1931. 
Usually they are through by June 15 but this year have been working on plants 
up to July 1. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 20 to July 20): ' During the first week in July a 
Stanton County correspondent reported that 'he 'had considerable injury in his 
cornfield by wireworms, which proved to be the common corn wireworm (Melanotus 
cribulosus Lee. ). 
Idaho. R. W. Eeagele (July 26): Wireworms, Pheletes californicus Mann., are very 
• abundant in; southern' Idaho. ' 
• ■ ,- ; . ASIATIC. BEETLE ( Anomala orientali s Waterh. ) 
Connecticut. R. B.. Friend (July 25): The abundance of adults is about normal. 
Adults have been collected' this year outside the quarantined area, and the 
insect is slowly spreading throughout the city of New Haven. 
1. P. Felt (July 25): The Asiatic beetle was found in abundance in Putnam's 
Cemetery, Greenwich, i 
ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE' ( Autos erica castanea Arrow) 
Connecticut. E. P. Felt (July 25): The Asiatic garden beetle occurs somewhat 
generally on Ocean Drive West, Shippan and Stamford. This is presumably the . 
first record for this insect in southwestern Connecticut. 
C E R E A L A N D FORAGE- C'ROP INSECTS 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw. ) , , 
Iowa. H. E. Jaoues' (July): Armyworms are scarce in Howard County, moderately 
abundant in Dickinson, Unmet, O'Brien, Cerro Gordo, Hardin, and Crawford 
Counties and very abundant in Lyon and Floyd Counties. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro and assistants (July): The .armywprnis were first observed 
•on July 7, and -by the middle of the month were reported as very abundant in 
Burleigh, .'McLean, Stark; and Walsh Counties. (Abstract, J.A.H.)' 
