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BEANS 
MEXICAN BEAU BEETLE ( StxLlachna corruota Muls.) 
Maine. C. R. Phipps (May 25): The Mexican bean beetle caged pupae failed to 
survive winter. 
Connecticut. IT. Turner (May 23): The beetle appeared slightly earlier than 
last year. Observed only in small numbers so far in garden beans in the 
southern part of the State. 
Pennsylvania. J. N. Knull (May 18): The first adult was observed at Hummelstown 
on May 18. 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 27): The first Mexican bean beetle of the season 
was found in the field feeding on snap beans in the Norfolk area on April 27. 
This is the earliest record of emergence since the Station was established in 
1929. At this time the earliest plantings of snap beans were just up. The 
first eggs were deposited on May 4, or 7 days after emergence. 
North Carolina. L. W. Brannon (April 27): The firrt beetle of the season in the 
Elizabeth City area was collected in the field feeding on snap beans on April 
27. Only one adult was found on several rows of garden beans. The oldest 
beans in this locality were just coming up. 
South Carolina. P. Sherman (May 22): The first adults were found in a field 
May 5 to 7, in Clemson College. 
Georgia. 17. H. Clarke (Mny 8): A moderate number of beetles were observed in a 
field at Thomaston, where they were doing considerable injury to bean foliage. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 26): A light infestation has been found at Monticello. 
This is the first instance we have known of the appearance of this beetle in 
Florida. 
Ohio. IT. F. Howard (May 18): The survival in central and southern Ohio is very 
high, and it is quite possible that it will equal the record survival which 
obtained a year ago. Records from the hibernation cage at Arlington Farm, 
Va. , indicate that the survival there also is very. high. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 26): The first report was received M P y 21 from Evans- 
ville, where the beetles were becoming very destructive. Other localities 
from Morgantown south havt. reported abundance since May 23. 
Tennessee. J. U. Gilmore (May 19): Adults are plentiful at Clarksville and 
heavy damage to early beans is indicated. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Specimens were received for the first time from 
southern Mississippi, on May 18, when a correspondent at Hattiesburg, Forrest 
County, sent in several larvae with a report that beans and peas had been 
severely injured. The correspondent indicated that he first observed the 
pest last fall when most of his bean and pea vines were destroyed. A second 
batch of specimens was received on May 19 from the vicinity of Hattiesburg. 
