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CUCUMBER 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica vittat a Fab.) 
A. I. Bourne (August IS) . "More abundant than usual in Hampshire 
County. Much wilting of squashes and cucumbers." 
F. Z. Kartzell (July 16). "Present inabout average numbers." 
C. R. Crosby and assistants report this insect as more numerous 
than usual during the middle of July in Genesee County. Present in 
small numbers in Chautauqua, Ulster, Albany, and Nassau Counties. 
A. G. Ruggles (August 19) . "The striped cucumber beetle is extreme- 
ly abundant this year, working on all cucurbits." 
"".. W. Harned (July 23) . "Y.'as very numerous during the early spring, 
but during the past nonth has been very scarce." 
M. C Tanquary. "Mr. V. L. Cory reports serious infestation on cu- 
cumbers and cantaloupes at Pecos during the past week of August ." 
SQUASHES AND I.XLONS 
SQUASH-VINE BORER (Ilelitt ia satyriniforrais Hubn.) 
E. R. Farrar (August 13). "About three times as numerous as usual 
inMiddlesex County, about 50 per cent of the crop being damaged." 
H. F. Thompson (August 12). "In Essex County from 30 to 40 per cent 
ofthe crop was damaged by this insect." 
I. W, Davis (August 20). "Occurring in noticeable numbers at 
Daniels on." 
C . 0. Houghton (Jul3 r 25). "About as numerous as usual about Newark." 
C. R. Crosby and assistants report this insect as doing serious 
damage in Wayne, Dutchess, Albany, Tompkins, and Nassau Counties . 
L. Haseman (August 29). "This insect has continued to damage melons 
and other cucurbits during the month and has attracted considerable 
attention in Missouri this year." 
PICKLE \70RM (Diaphania nit idalis Cram.) 
R. W, Earned (August 15) . "This insect is almost always a serious 
pest in Mississippi." 
