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Michigan 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
South Carolina 
Florida 
Neale F, Horrard, (in cooperation with the States) to September 
19,1928: Reported from Ingham and Branch Counties. 
Neale F* Howard, (in cooperation with the States) to October 
19,1928: Reported from Hardeman County. 
L» ff e Branncn (October 25): The first Mexican bean beetles 
in 1928 were found going into hibernation on September 24, 
Ten beetles v/ere found in an area of about 9 square feet. All 
stages of this insect are still present in the field and 
beetle damage is still noticeable. Fourth- ties 
began emerging in the life-history cage3' en Oct . r 13. 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Forst.) 
C, # Eddy (October 24): Hibernation of Cerotoma trifurcata 
is about complete at this date at Clemson College, 
BEAN LEAF ROLLER (O-en iuru s proteus L, ) 
F» Sft Chamberlin (October ]2): Bush beans ar t heavily in- 
fested with the leaf roller. Severe injury has occurred in 
several fields in Gadsden County. 
CUCUMBERS 
Indiana 
Mississippi 
and 
Alabama 
PICKLE VOBM ( Diaohania nitidalis Stoll.) 
J, J« Davis (October 1): The uickle worm '"as reported abun- 
dant September 18 at Boonville. 
BANDED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica balteata Lee.) 
E. L 4 Cockerham (October 27): This incect, which is usually 
very numerous during the late r and fall has been con- 
spicuously absent this year .-. In my work in southern 
Mississippi and Southern Alabama very few specimens of this 
insect have been noticed. 
Virginia 
SPINaCH 
HA BWOBM ( Hymen i a f Jjj Cramer) 
P. J* Chapman (October 22): Mr* .-'. H, 3immerley, horticul- 
turist of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station, found In- 
festation of the Hawaiian b u-orm in a field of spi:. 
planted September 1,1928. Thit; field was ppooably planl 
earlier than any in the Morfolfc-Porti * area, and I 
probably responsible for Kh< inf. Btat a. 
