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sugar-beet wireworm (L. calif ornicus Mann.) was found feeding on 
lettuce plants at Walla Walla on March 15 . 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Eorf icula auricularia L. ) 
Washington. E. W. Jones (March 23): Overwintering adults are present 
above the soil surface at Walla Walla. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
PLANT BUGS ( Lygus spp.) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March 21): Adults of L. elisus Van L. and L. 
hesperus Knight were rather abundant upon range land at Promontory 
Point and sotith of Lampo, Box Elder County. 
C. J. Sorenson (March 13 ): L. hesperus observed on range 
plants in the vicinity of Lehi, Utah County. 
California. S. Lockwood (March 23): L. elisus , while present in alfalfa 
at Blythe, in the Palo Verde Valley, and at Westmoreland, in the 
Imperial Valley, is far less abundant than had been expected, there 
being only 5 to 6 specimens per 10 sweeps of an insect net. 
WHEAT AND OTHER SMALL GRAINS 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Missouri. E. T. Jones (March 22): Dissection of pupe.ria from wheat in 
test plots at Springfield on March 17 showed 86 percent of healthy 
larvae in puparia. Ten percent of the larvae were unhealthy or 
dead, and 4 percent of the puparia were empty. The light color of 
many puparia indicated that a considerable proportion of the flies 
may have overwintered as larvae. 
Kansa.s. E. T. Jones (March 22): Collections from fields in Geary, 
Marion, Morris, and Riley Counties during the last week in February 
indicate that a considerable proportion of a generally light 
population had survived the winter as larvae. In one field near 
Stockdalc, Riley County, 60 percent of the total forms examined 
ranged from first-stage to full-grown white larvae. All forms 
appeared to be healthy and in good condition. Field examinations 
in southeastern Kansas on March 17 indicated light spotted infes- 
tations, with larvae generally in good condition, although some 
dead larvae were found. 
