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March hut early spring .larval activity was retarded hy coo'l, wet weather 
in April and the overwintering soil population did not generally move u-p 
to the feeding position until the last Week in April. Development of the 
overwintering population is slightly "below normal. Recent larval surveys 
in different parts of the generally infested area indicate a somewhat higher 
than normal proportion of second— instar larvae 'at this tine, with develop- 
ment further advanced in the southern port of its. range. First field-collect- 
ed adult recovered near a laboratory building at Moores town, N. J., on April 
24, undoubtedly' an escape from one of the nearby greenhouses. 
New York. D. M. Daniel (April ll): Dig ings at White Plains, in the lower Hudson 
Valley, revealed larvae ns. follows} (l) 19 seconcUins'tar and 31 third-instar 
larvae from 4 diggings, 1 foot square; (2) 3 second— and 12 third— ins t’ar 
larvae from 1 digging; and (3) 1 first-, 6-' second— , and 33 third-instar 
larvae from 3 diggings. 
E. P. Felt (April 22): Grubs moderately abundant, in turf at Scarborough, 
Westchester County, 4 
ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE ( Autos erica cas tanea Arrow) 
New York. D. M. Daniel (April ll): Eight larvae observed in diggings in turf. at 
White Plains, 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae) " 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (April 20): True wireworms ( Melanotus sp. ) wero the sub- 
ject of control inquiries from Dodge County on April 3 an 4 Kearney County 
on April 10. 
Idaho, F. H. Shirck (April 13): Pacific coast wire-worn ( Linonius canus Lee.) ob- 
served at Greonleaf, in southwestern Idaho, feeding on seed pieces of newly 
planted potatoes. < 
Washington, H. P. Lanchester (April 20): L. conus . Jj. californicus Mann., L, 
infuscatus M^ts., and L. subauratus Lee. observed at Walla Walla today, 
with indications that the primary flight? of L. canus and L. infuscatus are 
nearly over. 
E. W. Jones (April 20): Larvae of L. conus and L. californicus found 
feeding on onion plants near soil surface at Walla Walla during the first 
week of April. 
California. M. W. Stone (April 20):. Damage by sugar-beet wirewom (L. californicus) 
to melon seed; especially severe in a 6o~acre planting near Downey, Los 
Angeles County. Siftings made 7 days after planting on March 20 showed an 
average of over 10 and as many as 24 larvae per hill. Damage by this specieg 
to young sugar beets in Orange County necessitated some replanting. 
CUTWORMS "(Noctuidae) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (April 2l): Injurious in gardens at Experiment, central 
Georgia, particularly to lettuce. 
