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California. P. H. Wymore (March ?l): The seed corn maggot is doing con- 
siderable damage to yotyig tomato plants in the cold frames about Davis. 
As high as 25 percent of the plants have been destroyed in some of the 
beds. Cucurbits were rather severely damaged in the Coachella and 
Imperial Valleys the latter part of February and the first part of 
March . 
SOUTHERN GREEN STINK BUG ( Nozara viridula L.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 20): The Southern green stink bug emerged 
from hibernation in large numbers during the first week in March. 
FALSE CHINCH HJG (N ysius ericae Schill.) 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (March 20-j; S. W. Clark reports that N. ericae has 
caused severe damage in one turnip field, and that it was also abundant 
on cabbage but causing no noticeable damage. 
A SPITTLE BUG ( Aohrophora permutata Uhl.) 
Oregon. D. C. Kdte (March 24): W. D. Edwards reports that spittle bugs 
were first seen on March 7 and are still hatching. 
NORTHERN MOLE CRICKET ( Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Perty) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 15 - March 15): A correspondent at Leigh, 
Colfax County, on February 23, sent in a specimen of the common mole 
cricket which he had found, along with a number of others, at a depth of 
about 6 feet in the ground. 
BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna corrupt a Mills.) 
New Jersey. T. J. Headlee, R. C. Burdette, B. F. Driggers (March): The 
Mexican bean beetle has suffered heavy mortality in the bean fields 
where hibernating under bean leaves, crab grass, and trash. No check 
has been made in wooded areas. 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (March 24): The Mexican bean beetle has been 
reported at Morgan town and several hibernating adults have been collected, 
all alive. 
Ohio. N. F. Howard (March 2?): At present the survival is lower than last 
year but is still relatively high and considerably higher than the 
general average for the Ohio Valley region. 
BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica balteata Lee.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 20): D. balteata are very abundant on beans 
in Dade County. 
