Indiana 
Illinois 
South 
Dakota 
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J. J. Davis (July 25), "The striped blister beetle (ExJLcaita 
y ittafra ) r the margined blister beetle (E. r .La), ' 
gray blister beetle (E. cinor a) were reported as be - 
during the x-..j j . Tow weeks, especially on tomatoes and pot: 
although many other garden crops, such as beans, beets, chard, 
etc., are comuonly reported as being damaged. " 
Paul Arndt {Cane 23) „ J 'The steel-gray blister beetle is much 
more nuneroug than usual at Ava, the entire folieg? havj 
been removed fron some fields in one afternoon* The beetles 
seen to coir.e from clever fields 9 but as the crop is practically 
made the damage is not very serious." 
W. P. Flint (July 18) ,J ita sp. has been troublesome in 
gardens fchrou^iout the southern end of the State." 
C. 17. Ainslie (June 27). 'Exceedingly abundant in the dry re- 
gion west of the Missouri River; :ic i orly did .field jjotatoes 
suffer, but many ornamental shrubs were strij)ped almost over 
night * At least two species are ranponsVble for this injury." 
Nebraska 
Llisseuri 
I'.o : . £" •" 15) -> . . 2 : 7 lVI was reported as 
i-v ' leebs dui-ing the last week 
in June, fl?*-it :<:■■}.<. in July in several localities in 
the State, notably In . a: ers, Fillmore, end Thayer Counties." 
L. Hangmen (-July 10 J, "Two species, E„ yittata end E, margin 
have become- ;■ ma y ". : ;■ Sant ard have seriously injured garden 
crops and alfalfa fields.*" 
Montana 
Mississippi 
New York 
Wisconsin 
Illinois 
Ohio 
A. iic Strand, "^here ha.? been a great increase in the number cf 
E picaufta macu la t a accempanying the grasshopper outbreaks -> ■• 
R. W. Hamed (July ?Z) , "E, ma^-ijaata ^nd H* .\&I~i r i<.-£'.^ have 
been received from Lee County, where they are reported fcc be 
causing serious damage." 
HORUWORES (^X^J^iL^ont^^gs^pJ) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants report the northern tobacco hcrnv/orr. 
as being quite common >.n Orange and Nassau. Counties; small larvae 
were observed on July 8 in the latter county; the .' . . e were 
about full grown on ouiy 14 in the former county. 
J. E. Dudley (July 15). "Lore abundant than usual at Had i son 
and Dane City, working on tomatoes a" 
CORK EARWORM (Chlor idea obsoleta Fab.) 
Ward 0- Davis (July 2), "Fifty per cent of the tomato crop has 
boor, destroyed by these worms at Eldorado in Saline County. " 
H. A. Gossard. "Has toon reported from Jamestown and Jackson, 
doing very serious injury to tomatoes, burrowing into the stalks 
and ears. - LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
