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showed the peat Tio "be well distributed over the Connecticut 
Valley region of Hampden County. Isolated infestations were 
noted in bean" fields along the main automobile highways 
leading east and west from the Valley. In August migration, 
led to an appearance of the beetles in fields through Hampshire 
County in the Connecticut Valley region just above Hampden 
County, and one or two instances were discovered in Franklin 
County, which is. the northernmost' Connecticut Valley county. 
In addition the area in Berkshire County' where the pest was 
found last year has increased to a considerable extent. 
Connecticut 
New York 
Maryland 
.7. E« Brltton (August 25): ■ This pest is found in small 
numbers. and is apparently now distributed throughout the State, 
though not fo\md in every bean patch. 
V/eekly News Letter' N.Y. State Coll. Agr. (August): The 
Mexican bean beetle can be found over practically all of Orange 
County on wax, string, and lima beans, though the infestation 
is not serious. This insect has also been noticed in 
Chautauqua County. 
L. V/..,Brannon (August 13): The Mexican bean beetle 
infestation is much lighter than last season on the Eastern 
•Shore of Maryland. 
Virginia 
J. A. Kyslop (August 29): Mexican bean beetle has practically 
disappeared in Montgomery County. 
G. E. Gould (august 23): The hot, dry weather of this 
season appears to have held the bean beetle in check. No 
reports of serious damage have been received and few beetles 
are present in the fields. 
West Virginia 
L. W. Brannon (August 13): The Mexican bean beetle has 
apparently been affected by the drought and accompanying 
extreme temperatures more than any insect in this section. 
The infestation in the Norfolk trucking section is much 
lighter than last season. 
L. M. Peairs (August 27): The Mexican bean beetle is scarce 
to moderately abundant in the eastern panhandle, Monongalia 
County . 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Michigan 
N. F. Howard (August 12):'' The Mexican bean beetle has been 
severely reduced by the drought. 
J. J. Davis (August 19): The Mexican bean beetle was 
abundant at Spencer and Crawfordsville, July 26-28. 
R. H. Pett it (August 15): The Mexican bean beetle is scarce 
in Monroe County. Thus far only about a score of beetles have 
come, to light this year. These were taken at Dundee in the 
southeastern corner of the State. 
