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R."W, Harned and assistants (May): The striped cucumber 
beetle was doing slight damage to cucumber at In4ianolar--on 
April 29 and it has been very abundant at Gulfport for a month 
causing severe damage to beans, melons, cucumbers, and squash 
and is also very abundant around Senatobia and Batesville. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata Pab . ) 
E. N. Cory (April 5): Two specimens were found on mustard at 
College Park today. 
J. A. Hyslop (May 15): Observed the first adult this season 
eating petals of an iris in my garden at Avanel today. 
H. G. Walker (May 25): The 12-spotted cucumber beetle is 
scarce in the fields around Norfolk this year. 
TIT. J. Schoene (May 26): Spotted cucumber beetles are un- 
usually abundant on cantaloupes and watermelons in Rockingham 
County. 
C. H. Brannon (May 20):. The sp^tfedd. cucumber beetle is 
causing widespread damage to cucumbers, cantaloupes, cotton, 
and tobacco. 
L. Hasemah (May 23): ' P. H. Johnson found the first specimen 
of the spotted cucumber beetle this season May 21 at St. Louis 
and I took two specimens on iris May 22 at Columbia. 
H. B. Hungerford (May 25): The first specimen was brought 
in May 19 from Lawrence, 
D. Isely (May 23): The 12-spotted cucumber beetle is un- 
usually scarce this year. It is doubtful if it occurs in 1 
per cent of its normal number. This scarcity is probably 
chargeable to the severe drought during the past season. 
J. M. Robinson (May 25): The spotted cucumber beetle is 
very abundant at Brewton and Auburn necessitating replanting 
of corn. 
R. W. Harned (May): Severe damage, often requiring replanting 
of corn, has been reported from eighteen counties, indicating 
that this species is unusually abundant throughout the State, 
W. E. Hinds (May 25): The spotted cucumber beetle is moderately 
abundant on many truck and field crops over the State. 
P. L. Thomas (May 20): The 12-spotted cucumber beetle is 
moderately abundant at Weatherford. Full-grown larvae collected 
in the base of corn plants were sent in by the county agent. 
