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COWPEAS 
COWPEA CURCTJLIO ( Chalco&ermus acneus Boh.) 
South Carolina. W. M. Upholt (May 17 ) • A few adult curculios wore active 
in outdoor hibernation cages by April 2S at Clenson, in the north- 
western part of the State. 
COWPEA WEEVIL ( C al 1 0 s oh ruchu s naculatus E.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (May 15) : Mult cowpea curculios are energing 
very rapidly fron hibernation to trap-cowpea plants. 
VETCH 
VETCH BRUCHID ( Bruchus brachialis Fahr.) 
Maryland. E. IT. Cory (February 13 ) : Reported fron Rhodosdale, in Dor- 
chester County, in vetch seed. (^ct. by TJ. S. Nat. Museum.) 
Virginia. E. W. Poos (May 6): This species was quite abundant on vetch 
at Suffolk. An average of 7 adults were collected in each 20 sweeps 
of the insect net. 
A WEEVIL ( Sitona line at a Lee.) 
Washington. L. G. Smith (May 10): The county of Juan recently sent 
in a report that Sitona weevil, discovered for the first time there 
last season, was causing damage to peas' and vetch. T. A. Brindley, 
of the Pea Weevil Laboratory at Moscow, and the writer made a survey 
of the Island to determine the extent of damage on April 23 , 1941. 
There was a heavy infestation of the weevil in all Austrian winter 
field peas, Canadian peas, and vetch seed fields. C-arden peas in 
home gardens were severely damaged* Damage was particularly severe 
on spring peas and vetch, 
GRASS 
MEADOW PLANT BUG ( Mir is dolobratus L.) 
Kentucky. W. A, Price (May 26): The plant bug has been very numerous on 
bluograss in' central Kentucky since the first week of May. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis oblineatus Say) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 26): The tarnished plant bug was unusually 
numerous on bluegrass in Bourbon County during late' May. 
LSAEHOPPERS (Cicadellidae) 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (May 20 ): At least three kinds of leafhoppers are 
extremely abundant and evidently damaging grass in meadows near Wales, 
Sanpete County. 
