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POTATO AHD TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Ler-tinota rsa decemlineata Say) 
! C. R. Crosby and assistants report this insect as very abundant 
in Erie, Genesse, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, Seneca, and Clin- 
ton Counties; not very abundant in the southeastern part of the 
State including Columbia, Dutchess, and Grange Counties. In 
the western part of the State the outbreak was much more serious 
en the early planted potatoes, the later plantings not suffering 
severely. 41 
A. L. Strand (July 22). "Phereas potsto beetles were very scarce 
last season, the present season has seen them in exceptional num- 
bers . ■'' 
POTATO FLEA-3EETLE (E nitrix cucumeris Harr.) 
E. L. Patch (July 12). -The first generation (overwintering) 
of the flea beetles disappeared for the most part about the last 
of June; very £ew arc present now about Presque Isle." 
C. P.. Crosby and assistants report severe injury during the 
early part of the month in Erix,-,- -Genesee, Orleans, Steuben, 
Columbia, and Orange Counties; by the middle of July the beetles 
had mostly disappeared in the northwestern counties. A report 
dated Julj" 6 indicated that the beetles were again becoming 
numerous in Fassau County on Long Island. 
II. C. Severin (July IE), "llore abundant than usual this yer.r 
and on the increase during July." 
E. ?. Felt (July 23). "Flea-beetles were scarcer then usual 
early in the season, though since July 1 they have multiplied 
very rapidly and are ruining tomatoes and beans in iladison County 
C. 0. Eoughton (July S). "This species is still with us in 
full force and causing much dsmge to tomatoes and potatoes." 
H. Garman (July 6). '(Epi.trix fuscula and E nitrix par vill a 
are reported as occasioning exceptional injury to potatoes- 
in Kentucky, the fields are sometimes being very badly infest- 
ed and the plants, turning brown, sometimes are practically 
ruined. • 
POTATO APHIS (Macrosinham solanifolii Ashm. ) 
E. M. Patch (July 12). "Is still very rare in potato fields 
about Presque Isle. The few winged and mature apterous 
individuals represent the second generation since the rose 
migration and are starting their dispersal colonies. Nowhere 
abundant. A two-hour search in one field recently located 
two winged individuals." 
