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and by tLe and of the month they were v prevalent throughout f;he 
northern part of Kew York Jtace. In bts this i . -' L appeared 
so. b earlier than usual in the trucking dlst lot of Bristol County 
id late in . / Lt - s reported. as doing much damage ana necessitating 
much rep] Lr parts of . nd. Scattered reports of : e were 
received t. roughoxit the spring from i , o, and Colorado. In th« 
latter State it has increased rapidly the last few years end is 
doing considerable d . ge. It has also s re bo the western slope of 
the mountains in that Stete. 
H/.L up. 
te in February reports of damage by the harlequin bug (a'ur rantia 
h istr i T an ere being received fro y parts of Miss: L. Lair 
11 n is came in fro ntira sc m region 
extend; rig from I • 3 to bh C ,r< ! . -. This trouble coj l.out 
Lso continued throughout August in the . r part of 
its range and through Si ber in the Gulf region. An unusual record 
was received from Texas wher; the bugs \ ere destroying the Dlossoms of 
1 i 1 ac s . 
30L0KAD0 POTATO BEETLE. 
The first record of the season of the Colorado potato beetle 
(La barsa decei ata Say] was received from Picaynn< , rise-., when 
adult b rved in the field on Pebri '-. Early in April 
the na^ct j were < a . c mod , bel 
Louisiana, but the ear] bo crop in the Gulf region U usually pro- 
disced without t. need of poisoni] However, dui - s r :rted 
an doing considerable a. mage +r : ,rr^ of -. ., neces: rol 
mcasnreo. Toward bter part of iviry it de-. - .1 num- 
bers in northwestern '.. ibraska, .lecessitati] . J .-o ob- 
served in fields in Mont an; bhis rnontn. Toward the end I - ri] alt 
beetles were observed or. Long Is] . Y. The large com potato 
rogiora of southern Id e fro,, from this ;t is be- 
made to eli/. . the rather limited infestations in thai 
interesting situation has developed in regard to this iiajeco in that in 
the originally 3 ■ cf Colorado the insect rarely C.ojc severe 
i 1 v.v condition has developed in the sea- . rt of the 
liddle Atlantic States a rd to Teanesnee, /here, though reme i i 
meesures an .1 ly applied, whether the insed b or not, it 
does very little dam .a unsprayed fi , xcepting sporadically. 
Difficulty in controlling the beetle this so sea .0 frequent 
rains, Ls bed from the maritime )rovinc« 1 :. In southern 
nitoba it has vary dec ed in m ~ .\ .• ] l: x year, 
■vv infestations are also a tad from t i.] • ItisJ 
Colui.ibia oiv limited to the southeastern corner of - in an area 
1 Creston end another e: from -t. to E>ernie . id the 
Crew's West bo the inter:.::. tioa 1 be c : y. 
POTATO 
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