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THREE-LINED FIG BORER ( Ptychodes trilineatus L. ) 
Alabama. H. P. Loding (September 28): Many old fig trees in, Mobile have 
been killed this year by the larvae. The infestation is -general. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (August 29): The fig borer has caused a number 
of complaints, especially in the area about Opelousas. Larvae of 
all sizes are working in the branches. 
COCONUT 
A RHINOCEROS BEETLE ( Strategus quadrifoveatus Eeauv.) 
Pu-rto Rico. G. N. Wplcott (Se-pt^mber ll): Within the l?st few weeks 
three complaints of damage, to palm trees caused by this beetle have 
been received, two from the coast, Loiza and Quebradillas , and one 
from the mountains, at Aibonito, where ornamental palms were attacked. 
Presumably this is one result of the hurricane of San Ciprian 2 
years ago, for the coconut palms destroyed at that time (in some in- 
stances 90 percent of the trees in extensive groves) require almost 
a year before becoming sufficiently rotten to furnish suitable food 
for the immature stages of the beetles, and the development of the 
grubs requires another year, which brings an outbreak of the beetles 
2 years after the hurricane. 
TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
BLISTER BEETLES (Msloidae) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 25): Blister beetles are common and 
dest rue tive' generally over the State, feeding on late potatoes, cab- 
bage,, tomatoes, and dahlias. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (September 22): The State Forester reported 
that Chinese elm trees in New Salem were defoliated by the ash-gray 
. blister beetle ( Macrobasis uni color .Kby. ) during the past season. 
F. D. Butcher observed this blister beetle attacking Chinese 
elm at Dickinson in 1933. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae S chill.) 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 26): The false chinch bug .has been 
unusually abundant in the southern half of the State this summer and 
has boon damaging strawberries. 
