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POTATO 
COLOR-IX) POTATO 3IETL3 ( Lci3tinot.?,r sa doceTilincata Sr:y) 
J. H. '/atson (''arch 21): The Colorado potato TDCctlc is 
modcr'^tely aTDnndr-Tit. It v/rs qijite co-nnon in Alachua County 
the first nart of ''rrch. There wp.s a scattered infcstp.tion 
in the Hastings potato belt. 
K. L. CockorhaTi (Fchra-ary 25): Several , Colorado potato 
beetles vere observed on volionteer Irish notato -olants in 
a field in Foley today. They vrere pctivc and feeding. 
K. L. Coc'-rcrham (February 19): Tlie first adult of this 
season v.'.-^s observed in Biloxi today crawling aro'ond on a side- 
POT.ITO PLHl BSZTLjI ( 3^itrix cucuneris H.-xr.) 
C Lyle and assistants ("'arch): The first adult of the 
season v/as observed in Stone Co^'Jiaity, Mr.rch 5. By the third 
v.'cck in the month -^s Tirny 'is 6 beetles ner sprout had been 
oboor'/cd in s'l^nc fields. (.Abstract, J..\/^.) 
POTATO TJ2ZR 'TOH'' ( Gnorino sche-nr, o-ncrculella Zcll.) 
C. 7. Stnhl (?'arch 10): It aTTceo.rs that a shi-oncnt of -oo- 
tatoes h-d boe-i received at Jacksonville fro-n Raiford vhich 
v>as held for sone tine on account of lov "narket. These -oo- 
tatocs Tore evidently infested "hen they v'cro received and 
the inf est.-^tion dcvelo-^ed rapidly in storage. "Hien "'r. Nooney 
discovered this inf est.-^.tion he had all of the "notatoes removed 
and destroyed. These "ootatocs verc nacked in hamners. IStcr 
this ex-^cri ence '''r. Hooney cleared out the v.'arohouse and 
cleaned it ■'on mid. had it thoro''Jc:hly vhitcvo-shed . Ke docs not 
Florida 
eggpl.\}:t 
CORiv" ZIIH '^OH"' ( Hcliobhis ^b so lot a Fab. ) 
'■T. H. '.Taite (Fcbruajr.;' 15): A s-iecimcn of the corn car rom 
vrs t'^ken fr-^T) rn Cs':g"'^l'^nt -lurchoood on the local -p.-^rkot 
(TJashington) , and rc-^oi-tcd to a.-vc come from Floridr. There 
Vere six or seven "oms or. the fruit •■'nd they had entered the 
stem end. (Determined by C. Hcinrich.) 
