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considerable injury to strawberries in this State, has appeared only 
in small numbers this fall. During Octoter it is usually very 
common on ragweed in the fields, but I have observed but few specimens 
this month* 
BEANS 
MELOK APHID (Aphis £ossvoiJ_ Glev. ) 
Delaware C. 0* Houghton (October 22): This species has appeared in large 
numbers recently at Eewark on late lima beans,, 
BEA1T APHID (^phis rumicis L*) 
California R, E. Campbell (October 1) : This aphid attacked a considerable 
acreage of limp, beans along the coast below Yentura in August. The 
infestation not only was more general than usual but remained 
longer. It occurred at the time of blossoming and materially 
reduced pod setting,, 
MEXICAN" BEATT BEETLE (Eoilachna corrupt a Muls. ) 
GENERAL Eeale E. Howard (October 22): The Mexican bean beetle is now known 
DISTELBU- to be established as far east as a line extending frcm Ashe, 
TI01T through Burke and Lincoln, tc Gaston County* , U« C , thence from 
Cherokee County to Abbeville County, S« C, and as far south as 
Sumter County, Ga. , -with the exception of the localized outbreak in 
Thomas County. The pest was also reported from Chillicoths in 
Chic. 
Georgia J. 3. Gill (October 2): The Mexican bean beetle has been reported 
from Lamar County by the county a/re^;, "ho submitted three adult 
specimens with the report. 
Ohio T* H. Parks (October 20) : These beetles and larvae were sent in by 
the county agent of Adams County with the statement that they were 
doing damage to beans in that county along the Ohio River,, This is 
the first report received of damage from this insect in this State. 
Mississippi TJeale E, Howard (September 29): Prof. R. '7. Earned reports that 
the State Plant Board of Mississippi has scouted pnactically every 
county in the State but has not found the Mexican been beetle 
outside of Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties in the northeastern 
portion of the State. These counties have been previously 
reported. 
Hew Mexico R. L. Midilebrcok (October 23): Crops in southern counties of 
Few Mexico are very slightly, if at all, damaged by the beetle. 
Deming district, Luna County, had a good yield of u pifcfcs", and 
no appreciable damage was done by the beetle. Lor.a Ana County had 
a fair yield of "pintos", no appreciable damage being done by the 
beetle. The only large brood was the last brood, which hatched too 
late to be of any particular harm. 
