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MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE 
The 1936 season was, on the whole, "below average for the Mexican 
"bean "beetle east of the Mississippi River. Extremely high temperatures 
and drought checked development in nany parts of the Eastern and South- 
ern States. In the Ohio Valley the infestations were lighter than aver- 
age, owing to low winter survival and unfavorable spring and sianrter 
weather. Late in the summer and in the fall the weather was favorable 
to developnent and a considerable number of the "beetles entered hiber- 
nation. Along the Atlantic seaboard and the Chesapeake Bay survival 
over winter was somewhat "below average, development was about average, 
and much damage was done to untreated "bean crops, especially in Mary- 
land and Virginia. In Delaware damage was "below average. The infested 
area of New England suffered about average damage. Reports from Tenn- 
essee indicate a light infestation. Reports from Alabama and Georgia 
indicate that the increase late in the summer made control measures 
necessary. The capture of a Mexican bean "beetle adult in a Japanese 
"beetle trap in St. Louis indicates that the "beetle is present in 
Missouri, which is the only hitherto uninfested State invaded in 193^« 
Reports of extension of infested territory include Lauderdale and 
Lamar Counties, Miss., and the Charleston, S. C. , district. At Grand 
Junction, Colo., the infestation was about average, necessitating con- 
trol measures. According to reports, the "beetle was abundant in nor- 
thern Colorado. In the Estancia Valley, K. Liex. , the infestation was 
probably below average. (N. F. Howard, Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
BEET LEAFHOPFER 
The b9et leaf hopper situation during 193& "Q8 very favorable. 
Little or no damage to beets occurred in the most important beet- 
growing sections of the country. Late in March the insects appeared 
in numbers in southern Texas and the early spinach crop was consider- 
ably damaged by curly top. Late in April there was a heavy infesta- 
tion in Fresno County, Calif. One of the interesting observations of 
the year was the discovery that the hoppers survive the winter in the 
Billings, Mont., beet district, and also in Tooele County, Utah. About 
the middle of October the first fall adults were taken in southern 
Texas. 
CUTWORMS 
During March and April reports woro received from Kansas, Okla- 
homa, and Colorado, of more or less serious damage to wheat and alfalfa 
by the army cutworm, and early in March considerable damage was done 
to lettuce, melons, and other vegetables by the black cutworm in Arizona. 
About the middle of April considerable dama.re was done by cutworms to 
young cotton in parts of Texas and tc grapes in California. In May cut- 
worm damage was reported from a wide area from Virginia to Georgia on 
the Atlantic coast, westward to Iowa and Nebraska, many species r.f 
cutworms being involved. In Montana the pale western cutworm was 
