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Utah. G. F. Knowlton, ot al. (April 5 ) > From 20 to 35 aphids per semi- 
circular sweep were taken in alfalfa fields cat Saint George, and from 
7 to 10 per sweep at Leeds, some of the latter being second-generation 
alates. Ny sius sp. and syrohid larvae are preying upon them in moder- 
ate abundance. (April 9)1 In second generation and moderately abun- 
dant on alfalfa cat Rockville, Kanab, Greenri'ver, and Moab, (April 
20): Nymphs, ranging in size from recently hatched to two-thirds 
grown, ere present in most alfalfa fields examined in Weber, Box 
Elder, and Cache Counties; also present on sweetclover. (April 22): 
From 1 to 15 aphids were taken in each 10 sweeps in Cache County to- 
day in alfalfa which was from 3 to 41 inches tall. Average was about 
4 per 10 sweeps. 
Oregon. K. W. Gray (April l): Large numbers of winged forms appeared 
about April 1 and infested late-sown fall legumes and cannery peas 
in the Willamette Valley, 
PLANT BUGS (Lygus spp. ) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (April 20): Ly gu s e li su s V an D, and L. eli sus 
he sp crus Knight are moderately abundant in alfalfa at Logan, Rich- 
mond, and Smithfield, 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hvpera pestica Gy 11, ) 
Utah, G. F. Knowlton and F. C, Harmston (April 8): Four larvae were 
collected in one sweep upon alfalfa at Saint George, in the southern 
part of the State, (April 26 ): Adults moderately abundant and mating 
in several fields examined in Cache, Box Elr-er, Weber, Tooele, and 
Utah Counties; most abundant at Genoia, Utah County, 
California. A. E, Michelbacher (April 22 ): In the inf ested:r®gL° n of 
the San Joaquin Valley on April 18 the number of larvae collected 
per 100 sleeps for the different fields ranged from 0 to 6 ll, The 
larval population was much less than last year, and very little dam- 
age was done to the first crop. Injury that might be considered of 
an economic nature was limited to 2 fields. Almost all of the adults 
collected in the San Joaquin Valley on April 18 had recently emerged. 
Only a few larvae were collected in the alfalfa fields in the region 
adjacent to the San Francisco Bay, the number for the different fields 
ranging from 4 to 56 . Populations encountered this year are the small- 
est found since the weevil was first discovered in the area in 1932 . 
Parasi ti zation in thisdistrict by Bathyplectes curculionis Tho^s, on 
April 6 was 66 percent, as compared with 52 percent on April J in 
the San Joaquin Valley, 
CLOVER 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hypora punctata F.) 
Virginia, S. B. Fenne (April 24): Heavily infesting a 15-acre field of 
red clover in Smyth County in the southwestern part of the St^te, 
