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weevil was reported from Ponalsonville, southwestern Georgia, 
on February 15, as doing "quite a little daraage," crop not 
specified. Grubs are present at Experiment on turnip and on 
a weed, probably Leptilon , in a rather hare field. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23) : Complaints, accompanied by 
specimens, of larval injury to cahbage, turnips, and other 
crops have been received during the last 2 months from Heidel- 
berg, in Jasper County; Scohey, in Yalohusha County; Hatties- 
"burg, in Forrest County; Osyka, in Pike County; and Noxapater, 
in Winston County. 
Louisiana. C 0. Eddy (February) : The vegetahle weevil has "been 
very destructive throughout the winter in all parts of 
Louisiana. 
BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diahrotica haltoata Lee.) 
Georgia. M. M. High (Fehruary 20): D. balte ata is doing considera- 
hle injury to vegetables in Thomas County. 
Florida. J. R. Vfetson (February 25): This "beetle is common on 
truck crops over the State but no severe damage has "been 
reported. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (November 10) : D. balteata was found feeding 
on the "blossoms of late-hlooming flowers at Fayette, in Jeffer- 
son County. 
Louisiana. 3. A. Osterherger (Fehruary): Present on winter cover 
crops and in flight, along with the spotted cucumber "beetle, 
on the warmer days in Fehruary. 
California. J. C. Elmore (January 19): P. balteata was quite 
numerous on "black nightshade ( So Ian urn nigrum ) near Bolsa, 
in Orange County. This species has been ohserved in unusual 
numbers in several localities during the fall and winter 
months. 
SFOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Piabrotica duodecinpunctata F.) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (February): Beetles observed in flight 
at Clemson late in Fehruary. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snaj.p (February 15) ' Numbers of these beetles have 
appeared from hibernation and many are on wild plum bushes and 
peach trees at Fort Valley, feeding on the open blooms. 
