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tips and sorr.etirr.es the sides have "been badly enough eaten to 
render them valueless for market. There were 27 beetles in one 
hill of asparagus, that is, the growth from a single crown. 
It seems that the adjoining field had been in potatoes last 
year and undoubtedly these beetles came from larvae that had 
buried themselves in the asparagus last fall. 
E. P. Breakey (May 23): Beetles are beginning to appear. 
A. G. Rugglcs and assistants (Liny): The Colorado potato bee- 
tle has been reported from very abundant to moderately abundant 
in the southern third of the State. 
it. '7i . Harned and assistants (May): The Colorado potato beetle 
is generally abundant throughout the State where spraying has 
not been parried on, 
J. M. Robinson (May 23): The Colorado potato beetle is very 
abundant throughout the State. 
Oregon 
Louisiana 
Virginia 
Mississimoi 
New Jersey 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
D. C. Mote (April 29) 
in northeastern Oregon. 
Colorado potato beetle is scarce 
A BLISTER BE: TIE ( Epicauta lemniscata Eab . ) 
'.V. A. Dougla.s (May 9): The striped blister beetle, J. 
lemniscata , was found attacking Irish potatoes on a plantation 
near Crowley. _ . 
POTATO APHID ( Illinois, solanifolii Ashm.) 
C-. E. Gould (May 22): This insect is doing serious damage 
to tomato and eggplant. In several instances control measures 
have been applied. 
M. M. High (May 25): Macro sip hum solanifolii was found at 
Gulf port for the first time by the writer in April, 1928, in 
a seed bed, but little injury was noted at the time to the 
crop after it had been transplanted. This season the lice are 
abundant and have done considerable injury to eggplant in the 
field. 
POTATO LEAPKOPPSR ( Empoasca fabae Harr . ) 
H. 3. Teiss (A-ril 20): The potato loaf hopper is generally 
distributed over the State in the usual abundance. 
A. C-. Rugglcs and assistants (May): The potato leaf hopper 
is reported moderately abundant over the southern third of the 
State, and very abundant from Morrison and Pipestone Counties. 
C. J. Drake (May 20): This insect is abundant end a serious 
pest over the entire State. 
