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POTATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Letting tarda decemlineata Say) 
Mississipoi. C. Lyle and assistants (''arch 25-)j Colorado potato "beetle 
observed in gardens at Senatobia on "larch" 19. Beetles have not "been 
noticed around Jackson, The first adult Colorado potato "beetle Fas 
observed on March 14 before any- -xjtatbes vere shoring above the 
ground in the vicinity of Leland. 
' BEAKS 
MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( E-oila.chna varivestis Muls.) 
Delaware. L." A. Stearns (''arch IS): At -Newark the mortality of 90,030 
Mexican bean beetles placed in hibernation cages rith" suitable cover 
and intended for test purposes ras 100 Percent. Usually better than 
50 percent survive under such conditions. 
Ohio. N. IP. Ho Far d and H. C. Mason ("arch 23): The survival of the 
Mexican bean beetle in cages at Columbus Fas 2.14- percent on March 
12, Fhich is the lores" t it has been for a -number of years. The 
survival Frs 5.57 -percent during the same period in 1935 and about 
33 percent in 1934. 
BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica balteata Lee.) 
Mississippi. H. Gla.dney (March 25): A fev banded cucumber beetles 
observed on some early r.lanted beans in Jackson County. 
PEAS, 
PEA ' APMIP ( Illinoia -isi Kalt . ) 
Virginia. K. &. VTalker (March 26): The peaaphid, vhich vas unusually 
scarce during the vinter, is rabidly becoming moderately abundant on 
alfalfa at Norfolk. 
Mississippi. H. G-ladney ("larch 25): A light infestation of the mea aphid 
ras noticed on a. planting of English peas in Harrison County. 
Kansas. H. E. Bryson (March 26): Pea aphids have not been observed in 
alfalfa fields to date. 
Oregon. K. '. 7 . Gray (March): Found hatching on Scotch broom on March 1 
at Astoria. 
