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MELON APHID (Aphis gossypii Glov.) 
Virginia 
Florida 
Iowa 
Louisiana 
Georgia 
Florida 
Alabama 
G. E. Gould (February 30): After examining 150 shepherd's 
purse plants for the melon aphid, a plant near the green- 
house at Norfolk was found with two apterous viviparous 
females and a third-instar nymph. 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica -ittata Fab.) 
J. R. Watson (February 18): The striped cucumber beetle 
is very abundant in the Everglades only. 
C. J. Drake (February 25): The striped cucumber beetle 
is common on cucurbits over the entire State. 
7. E. Hinds, C, E. Smith, and N. Allen (February 22): The 
striped cucumber beetle occurs in the truck areas of Baton 
Rouge and southward. Its occurrence is more irregular than 
usual, probably owing to winter killing of host plants. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata Fab.) 
C. H. Alden (February): The spotted cucumber beetle is 
scarce on pear and wild plum trees (blooming) at Albany. 
J. R, Watson (February 18): The spotted cucumber beetle 
is moderately abundant; common on cats. 
J. M« Robinson (February 27): The spotted cucumber beetle 
is moderately abundant on winter legumes at Auburn. 
Mississippi 
Oregon 
.'. R. Harned and assistants (February 22): The spotted 
cucumber beetle is scarce over the State, except in George 
County, where it is moderately abundant on turnips. 
WESTERN SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica soror Lee . ) 
D. C. Mote (February 19): Diabrotica soror observed on 
wing. 
TOMATO 
Hawaii 
A LEAP-MINER ( Phthorimaea lycopersicell a Busck) 
D. T. Fullaway (1929): The tomato leaf-miner has been 
very destructive to tomato plants on Molokai, accordin.-r to 
the reports of R. M. Duncan, chairman of the Hawaiian Homes 
Commission. 
