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Mississippi, C, Lyle (February 21 ): Infested specimens of oats received from 
Lowndes County in November and from Nexrton County in January, About 200 
acres were infested in each case with about half the acreage a complete 
loss. Barren spots in Lowndes County were replanted but were quickly des- 
troyed by the aphids. Serious damage to oats reported in Scdtt County in 
December. 
HESSIAN ELY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Virginia. S. B. F enne (February lf)i Fifty percent of the wheat plants in one 
field in Wythe County were killed along the edge. Damage was - moderate in 
another field, ; 
Missouri, L. Hasenan (February 22) J- Rather heavy infestations built up in 
scattered fields of wheat, particularly throughout the Missouri River 
Valley; also in scattered fields elsewhere throughout western and north- 
western Missouri, where fall rains permitted prompt germination of wheat, 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Indiana, C, B e nton (February 25):- Examination made of eight samples of bunch- 
grass ( Andropogon spp.) collected in 4 different places in Tippecanoe, 
Benton, and Warren Counties showed an average mortality of l6.S percent, 
based on a total of 1,338 live and 270 dead bugs recovered from the 
samples, ... 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (February 20); .As the weather has been very mild, the 
few examinations made thus far indicate little mortality of hibernating 
insects. . • • 
Nebraska., H. D. Tate (February 24) i Frequent periods of comparatively low 
temperatures, alternating with "thawing temperatures" and accompanied by 
an abundance of moisture, probably is causing considerable mortality in 
eastern Nebraska, • ... 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA WEEVIL-' ( Hyp era postica Gyll.) 
Utah. F. V, Liebernan (February 24); Incidental observations of abundance in 
v/inter sampling for alfalfa-seed insects indicated economic damage to 
1 first-crop hay' in- the Delta area of Millard County, in the central part of 
. the State, ' 
California.- A. E. Michelbachcr (February 2j): In the most heavily infested 
area of. the San Joaquin Valley on January 3» I found that 2,6 percent of 
the alfalfa stems contained eggs of the alfalfa weevil. In the same field 
on January 28 I found but 1-percent of the stems infested; however', nearly 
all the developing buds contained very young larvae. They were feeding 
within the terminal buds and for that reason they could not be picked up 
by sweeping. The number of larvae collected per 100 sweeps of an insect 
