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BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE (D iabrotica balteata Lee.) 
Alabama J. M. Robinson (February 18): Diabrotica balteata Lee* has 
been active on warm days, especially on spinach and other 
garden vegetables, 
Arizona A* C, Davis (January 14); This insect was collected by Mr- 
Warwick Benedict and myself at Yuma, on April 3, 1924, attack- 
ing alfalfa, 
California A* C Davis (January 14): This insect was collected by Mr* 
Warwick Benedict and myself at Calipatrla, on April 4, 1924, 
from alfalfa. 
I took it again on peppers ( Capsicum annuuro ) in the Mission 
Valley, San Diego, on September 22,1927. There was no apparent 
damage being done, although the beetles were Quite numerous. 
Specimens were sent to the U* S* Bureau of Entomology for identi- 
fication. In a letter dated April 18,1928, Mr. W„ H. White, 
Associate Entomologist, says in part: "There is one very in- 
teresting occurrence, that of Diabrotica balteata Lec» collected 
at San Diego, Calif. I have been through some of the literature 
and have not been able to find this insect as recorded any 
farther west than Arizona." 
LEAFHOPPERS (Cicadellidae) 
Arizona C. L. Barnes (February 23); Several species of Cicadellidae 
were observed to be feeding on various garden plants on 
February 21, although individuals were not numerous. 
MARCH FLIES (Bibionidae) 
North Carolina J. N* Tenhet (Eebruary 11): Feeding under fallen pine needles. 
Present in immense numbers in one patch of woods at Chadbounn. 
Pine straw was being gathered to use as mulch for strawberries. 
Larvae of this group of march flies have been reported as 
destructive to potatoes in Ireland. 
A MOLE CRICKET ( Scapteriscus acletus R. & H* ) 
Mississippi m, M. High (February 26): This species of mole cricket is 
again showing up in injurious numbers about Landon, Lyman, 
and Handsboro attacking cabbage, lettuce, and other vegetables. 
TOMATOES 
LEAF SKELETONIZERS (Lepidopteruus larvae) 
Haiti R* G« Smith (February 22); There are two leaf skeletonizers 
on tomatoes very abundant now. Both of these also attack 
tobacco. They attack the younger growth and therefore often 
kill the young plants. I noticed yesterday that about 50 of 
our plants had been killed by one species. 
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