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STRAWBERRY FRUITWORM ( Cnephas ia longana Haw. ) 
Oregon. D. “C. Mote (March 17 )l Omnivorous leaf tier, in the third instar, 
mining in leaves of some common weeds in the Willamette Valley. 
AW ARCTIID ( Estigmene sp.) 
Georgia. T.L. Bisscll (March 29): Some Id lack caterpillars , probably 
Estigmene , half grown, were found during the month in fields of dead 
grass, leaves, end some green, weeds. 
WIREWORMS (Elatoridae) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (March): Reported from Dallas- and Union Counties. 
California. R. E. Campbell (March IS): Specimens of Limonius canus Lee, 
were submitted by C. S.. Morley, who reported that adults were feed- 
ing on new grape shoots in the Arvin district. Three or four beetles 
were found feeding on the same shoot, and in many causes the terminal 
bud was destroyed. (Det. by M. C. Lame.) 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp. ) 
Mississippi. E. A, Smith (March 29): Numerous in soil in the Senatobia 
area, 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (March): Present in Warren, Dallas, and Union Counties. 
Texas. H. J. Reinhard (March 4) :• Twelve males and 7 females of P. ca.lcea.ta 
Lee. found in G a lvoston County. (March 15): One male and 2 females 
of P. rubiginosn, Lee. noticed at light in Brazos Count;/. These are 
both first-seasonal— activity records. 
Utah, G. E. Knowlton (March 26): White grubs causing serious injury to 
lawns in one section of Salt Lake City. Several lawns in one block 
were heavily damaged, so that grass rolls back readily where roots 
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SAY’S STINKBUG ( Chlorochron, sayi Stal) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (March): Overwintered adults picked up at random 
by D. Lawrence from bare flax stubble and cornfields at New England, 
Hettinger County, shortly following the season's lowest temperatures 
of -23° B. on February 26, showed approximately 60-percent mortality. 
One lot collected in an adjoining field of trashy summer-fallow ground 
showed only l^-percent mortality. Examination of adult females during 
first week of March revealed 1 only slight egg development. 
