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TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (August 29): Blister beetles, Bpicauta marginata Fab., 
reported at Bridgeville on sWiss chard and potatoes. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (September 22): The black blister beetle, E. pennsylvani- 
ca DeG. , was reported as general, attacking gladiolus and dahlias. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. Anderson (September 25): Several species of 
blister beetles are rather abundant and have been causing some damage to 
ornamentals and truck crops at Norfolk. 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (September 17): The striped blister beetle, E. 
vittata Eab,, has recently become fairly numerous on many farms in the 
■ Chadbourn area. The principal damage occurs on Irish -ootatoes, tomatoes, 
collards, and fall turni-os. Most of the farmers are hand-picking as a 
means of control. 
South Carolina. A. Lutken (September 24): Margined blister beetles, E. mar- 
ginata, have been destructive in gardens during the month. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 27): Blister beetles w e re *-, reoorted abun- 
dant at Bryant, September 15, with no information on host or species. E. 
vittata were destructive to notatoes at Inglefield, August 29, and to cab- 
bage at Jas-oer Sent ember 7. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September 21): These insects have been rather abundant 
in gardens, not only in the northern and western parts of the State but 
also in eastern Kansas. Two renorts, one from Onaga in Pottawatomie County, 
and one from Muscotah in Atchison County, record injury to tomatoes ond 
potatoes particularly. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (September 17): Blister beetles are very 
abundant at Ocean Springs on Clematis. The stri-oed blister beetle, E. vit- 
tata . is abundant over the seven northwest counties of the State. Blister 
beetles (E. marginata ) were very abundant on Irish potatoes at Lexington, 
Holmes Co., on September 17. (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica balteata Lee.) 
Louisiana. C. E. Smith and C. 0. Hopkins (September 9): The banded cucumber 
beetle w a s moderately abundant on snap beans in St. Martin Parish. 
Mississippi. C Lyle and assistants (September 20): The banded cucumber bee- 
tles are attacking sweetnotato vines in the vicinity of Agricola, almost 
causing defoliation. (September 16): Banded cucumber beetles are very 
numerous at Perkinston and Wiggins, causing heavy injury to beans. (Ab- 
stract, J.A.H.) 
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