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North Dakota. J. A. Munro (June 21): Striped cucumber beetles are very 
abundant on cucurbits in the vicinity of Fargo. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (June): Striped cucumber beetles are doing 
much damage to cucurbits and, unless controlled, make it almost 
impossible to raise cucumbers, melons, and squashes ._ 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Juno 22): Complaints of damage to cucurbit plants 
came from Buffalo and Redwillow Counties on Juno 3 and 9, respectively. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (Juno 25): Striped cucumber beetles, are quite 
abundant and cause considerable damage to young melons, squashes, 
and cucumbers. Reports of abundance have come from Manhattan, Belle 
Plain, and Burrton, all in the eastern half of the State. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (June 17): This pest was reported as being present 
on cucumbers in Galveston County. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata P. ) 
Pennsylvania. H, E. H dgkiss (June 7): The spotted cucumber beetles are 
causing serious damage to vegetables in the eastern counties, 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (June 10): Spotted cucumber beetles are reported 
ruining a planting of gourds at Louisville. 
Tennessee. G-. M. Bentley (Juno U): Spotted melon beetle found injuring 
watermelons, cucumbers, and squash at Waverly, Humphreys County, 
Missouri. L. Baseman (June 2U): During the month many complaints have been 
received throughout the State, but at Columbia spotted cucumber beetles 
did not begin to show up in considerable numbers in gardens until about 
June 15» 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
Georgia. S. B. Fenne (June 22); Severe injury by black blister beetles 
( Epicauta pennsvlvanica Deg. ) to potatoes in Fannin and Union Counties. 
Mississippi, C. Lyle (June 2^): Specimens of Macrobasis unicolor Kby, 
wero sent in from Snrdis, Panola County, on June 6 with a report that 
they had caused severe injury to potato plants. (June 2*0: E. 
lemniscata F, reported causing damage in gardens in Panola, Grenada, and 
Do Soto Counties, in the northwestern part of the State. 
Arkansas. D. Isely (June 22); There has been a general outbreak of blister 
beetles over the northern half of the State. The striped blister beetle 
(E. vittata F, ) is the species most frequently referred to. 
