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Georgia. T. L. Bissell (March 22): Hone found on Austrian peas at Experiment, 
central Georgia. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (March 27): Arrival in numbers just observed, the first 
seen this year. Observed last year intermittently from November until late 
in spring. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (March 22): What' was believed to be pea aphid was ob- 
served on March 2 as seriously injuring English peas in San Saba County. 
Growprs reported to have been unable to raise peas in the. lost several 
years. 
BUGS (Hemiptera) 
Arizona. W. A. Stevenson (March ll): The insect population remained low during 
the last weekj however, several Hemiptera were collected on alfalfa and 
grain in Pima County. (March 25) : Two individuals of Thyanta custatpr F. and 
one of Chlorochroa sayi Stal were taken on alfalfa at Sahuarita on March 
22, and were the first pentatomids collected in the Santa Cruz Valley this 
season. 
E. E. Russell (March 15 ) : Owing to low temperatures in mid-November, 
pentatomids in Maricopa County were forced into winter quarters a month 
earlier than during the two preceding seasons. Examinations of hiber- 
nacula up to March 15 indicate the winter mortality rate to be 21.66 per- 
cent, approximately two-thirds greater than during either of the two pre- 
ceding seasons, despite the fact that the common tachinid parasites 
Gynnosona fuliginosa Desv. and Ocyptera euchenor Walk. , are Ids s prevalent 
than usual. 
SOYBEAN 
SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER ( Epargyreus tityrus F. ) 
Maryland. T. L, Bissell (March ll): Pupae common in refuse in soybean field 
at Westover, southeastern Maryland, on December 25, 193&* (March ll): 
One adult just emerged. 
ICUDZU 
CHAFF SCALE ( Parlator ia pergandii Const.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (March 24): Reported from Ozark on March 1 as attacking 
kudzu. First record of "such infestation in Alabama. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( D iatraea saccharalis F. ) 
Louisiana. E, K. Bynun (March 20): Number of live stages found in burned cane 
trash in replicated overwintering experiments averaged J>00 per>acre, as 
compared with 255 in similar plots in 1938. First live pupa found in the 
field on February 9 , as in 1938, and several additional pupae found during 
the next 10 days. 
