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ALE ALFA AND CLOVER 
BEET WEBWORM ( Loxostege sticticalis L, ) 
Arizona. 0 . L. Barnes (August 3l)* Adults and larvae present in all alfalfa 
fields examined in the Roll district, Yuma County, southwestern Arizona, 
on August 26, Damage caused "by larval feedin:: slight, however, and adults 
did not appear to he thickly concentrated at any location visited. Quite 
numerous in several alfalfa fields at Chino Valley, Yavapai County, south- 
west of central Arizona, on August 19* (Det. hy C. Heinrich.) 
Utah. G. E. Know It on (September 12): Ten acres of young alfalfa completely 
destroyed at Circleville, Piute County, south-central Utah. (September l4); 
Still active in beet and alfalfa fields, and on Russ ian- this tie in northern 
Utah. 
ALEAIjEA CATERPILLAR ( Eurynus eurythene Bdv. ) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (September 22): Serious damage in parts of the 
San Joaquin Valley, central California, by larvae of the alfalfa butterfly. 
In some fields disease and parasites apparently reduced the population of 
larvae to a point where they were unable to cause any economic damage. 
ALEALEA WEEVIL ( Hyper a pos t ica Gyll.) 
California. A, E. Michelbacher (September 22); Larvae present during most of 
the summer in several fields in the San Joaquin Valley. As late as Sept- 
ember 13 in 1 field an average of 17 larvae ware collected to 100 sweeps of 
an insect net. 
A LEAF BEETLE ( Colaspis yiridiceps Schaeff.) 
Arizona. 0. L. Barnes (August 31 ) * At Roll, Yuma County, adults were feeding 
on the fcliagd of young alfalfa on August 26 . One field, where the crop 
was in the prebloom stage, showed foliage injury estimated at 10 percent. 
Where the plants were more advanced in development, the damage was lose. 
PEA APHID ( Illinoia pisi Kltb.) 
Maine, J, H. Hawkins (September 24); Present in clover planted with late cannery 
peas in Exeter, Penobscot County. Clover in early and mid— season cannery 
peas on the same' farm not heavily infested. 
Utah. G. E. Know It on (September l4)s Abundant on succulent alfalfa at Wellsville 
and Hyde Park, Cache County, and Hip ley., Sevier County. 
A TRYPETID ( Stenopa vulnerata Loew) 
North Carolina. G. B. Merrill (August): Very numerous this year, as last, in the 
Valle Crucis area, Watauga County, at on elevation around 3»000 feet. Swept 
from red clover fields, or fields in which red clover was scattered. 
