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New Jersey 
Pe-nsylva^xa 
Indiana 
Missouri 
Mississippi 
N-er York C, P. Crosby and assistants. "These beetles are reported as 
doing serious damage in Chautauqua, Nassau, Columbia, and 
Orange Counties, where they are attacking potatoes, tomatoes, 
and cabbage seedlings.* 
M, D. Leonard (June 19), "Feeding holes numerous the latter 
part of May and early June but thorough spraying has given 
good protection. 1 * 
S. W. Frost (June 14). "This insect has been found very abundant 
throughout Adams County this summer." 
J. J. Davis (June 16). "These insects have been found attacking 
corn, tomatoes, and soybeans." 
A. C. Burrill (May 19). "This insect is swarming on deadly 
nightshade and, undoubtedly, will do serious damage to garden 
crops in the Bloomfield section." 
AUSTRALIAN TOMATO 177EEVIL ( Desiantha nociva Lea) 
F. H. Chittenden (Monthly letter, Bur. of Ent. No. 97). "To 
date the new potato weevil is found in the Counties of Stone 
and Harrison in southern Mississippi by inspectors of the 
Mississippi State Plant Board. The infested area covers a 
strip of territory about 14 miles long and 5 miles wide." 
CLAVATE TORTOISE BEETLE ( Deloyala clavata Fab.) 
New york C. R # Crosby (May 3l) . "This insect was found eating tomato 
foliage in a garden at Ithaca." 
(Editorial note: Mr. H. S. Barber has recorded in Proc. Ent. 
Soc. VJash., Volume XVIII, that this species has been reported 
as an enemy of the white potato as far back as 1870. Dr. 17. D. 
Pierce found the species in Texas, breeding on Physalis cornuta . 
Both the larvae and adults are known to attack potato and bitter- 
sweet in Massachusetts. Dr. F. H. Chittenden has specimens 
collected on horse nettle ( Solanum nigrum ) at Glen Echo, Md. 
This species is also found in New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, 
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, Maryland, and Florida. The records from Nebraska, 
Kansas, and Missouri are uncertain.) 
POTATO APHID ( Macrosiphum solanifolii Ashm.) 
Pennsylvania S. 17. Frost (June 14). "This aphid has not been found abundant 
on potatoes this summer." 
New Jersey M. D. Leonard (June 19). "This insect is comparatively scarce 
at Pompton this year. Only a few specimens have been found 
and these were parasitized." 
