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TRUCK* CROP INSECTS 
SPOTTE D CUCUMBER BEETLE (Diabrotica duo dec immune tat a Fab. ) 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 23): On April 23 beetles were observed feed- 
ing on snap beans in the vicinity of Norfolk for the first tine during 
the season. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (May 22) : Very abundant on garden vegetables and 
flower gardens in Auburn. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 2k): Eirst adults were taken at Manhattan on May 15 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica v ittata Fab.) 
Virginia, L. W. Brannon (May 10): Adults have been observed causing some 
injury to young snap beans growing near squash or cucumbers at Norfolk. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (May 17): Appearing in large numbers in the southern 
part of the State. 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
New Jersey. R. C. Burdctte (May 25): Numerous on tomato and eggplant in thfi 
coldframes and in the field. 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 25): Adults of Systena t aeniata Say were ob- 
served feeding on young snap beans In the Norfolk area on April 25. 
Mississippi.. C. Lyle' (May 23):; Flea beetles, i dentified by J . M. Langston 
as S. t aeniata , were reported very abundant in spots in cotton fields near 
Fulton and Dorsey, Itawamba County, on May 15, and reported by a County 
Agent at Houston, in Chickasaw County, on May IS, as abundant on soybeans 
and other plants. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 15): The western cabbage flea beetle (P hyllotreta 
pusilla Horn) was injuring cabbage and radishes in Hooker County during 
the third week in April. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG- ( Nysius cricae Schill.) 
Texas. F, L. Thomas (May 23): A number of complaints have been received from 
Milam, Robertson, Burleson, and Bell Counties. In all cases were attack- 
ing cotton near turn rows or in fields where weeds had occurred. 
SOWBUGS (Oniscidae) 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (May 2k): Sowbugs were observed injuring roots 
of ornamentals at Sumter. 
Alabama. J, M, Robinson (May 22): Sowbugs arc very abundant in gardens at 
Birmingham. 
