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WESTERN POTATO FLEA BEETLE (Epitrix subcrinata Lee.) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (April 16) : These flea "beetles were observed in 
Columbia County on April l6. . .., , ~ 
POTATO LEAF HOPPER ( Empoasca fabae Harr.) 
Virginia. F. W, Poos (April 25)'! This species has been taken at a trap 
light on the nights of April 19 and 20, which is l6 days earlier 
than any previous record obtained at Arlington during the last seve- 
. ral years. The development of the foliage of certain tree hosts of 
this species compared favorably with what it usually is early ,in • 
May, when the insect normally appears. 
POTATO PSYLLID ( Paratrioza cocker ell.i Sulc.) 
Oklahoma. E. Hixson (April 15): I am sending ■ specimens which were col~ 
lectcd from tomatoes growing in the greenhouse at Stillwater." (Bet. 
by P. W. Oman.) 
BEANS r ' 
"' MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis , Muls. ) 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 15): The first adult of the season was 
found feeding on snap beans in a field near Norfolk on April 11. 
Only 1 beetle was found on ^4-0 rows 200 feet long, so the beetle 
was, no doubt, one of the first to emerge. The first fiold omor- 
gencc was 9 days earlier than -ever recorded at this location. The 
-season in general appears to be about 2 weeks earlier than normal. 
Georgia. T. L. Bisscll (April 28): At Experiment the first beetles of 
the season were seen today but obviously. had fed for 2 or 3 days. 
One mass of eggs was found. The first beetles. seen in former years 
appeared on May 1, 1929; May 11, I93U; April 22, 1935; May 5, 1936; 
and- May k, 1937. 
Colorado. R. L. Wallis (April 20): Examination of hibernating booties 
at Grand Junction on April IS showed 39 percent winter aortality. 
Nornal winter Mortality Is approximately from 66 tto 7-0 percent iiri 
thi* locality at this season of tiie year. 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Forst.) 
Virginia. L. W. Br a nnon (April IS): The first bean leaf beetles of the 
season were observed feeding in the field at Norfolk on young snap 
beans on April 15. This is 3 weeks earlier than this insect was 
first observed in the field in 1937* 
H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): 3ean leaf beetles' 
arc present but have not done much feeding in any of the early bean 
fields examined in Norfolk or Princess Anno Counties or on the 
