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Kansas* H, R. Bryson (August 25) : Reported as destructive to alfalfa, which has 
been allowed to stand for seed production, at Halstead. Larvae destroy 
the tops of the plants and thus prevent the blossoms from forming* 
PEA APHID ( Macrosiphum pisi Kltb.) 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (August l4): Unusually abundant in early and mid-August in 
some young alfalfa fields in Cache County. 
C. J. Sorenson (August ig) s Moderately abundant in many alfalfa fields 
in Millard County. 
CLOVER SEED CHALCID ( Bruchophagus gibbus Boh.) 
Oklahoma. R. 0. Dahms (August 21 ): Unusually abundant in the alfalfa seed-pro- 
ducing section of southwestern Oklahoma. 
CLOVER 
CLOVER HAY WORM ( Hypsopygia costal is E.) 
Missouri. L. Haseraan (August 25) J During the last 2 weeks in August there was 
a' fairly heavy flight of moths, as shown by bait- jar catches at Columbia. 
COWPEAS 
COWPEA CURCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh.) 
Georgia. T. L, Bissell (August 10): Cowpeas at Blairsville, northeastern 
Georgia, found with a small number of eggs and grubs. 
VETCH 
VETCH BRUCH ID ( Bruchps brachialis Eahraeus) 
North Carolina and South Carolina. J. S. Pinckney (August 1S) J : During May the 
distribution was further increased in North Carolina by the addition of 
Beaufort, Pender, and Wilson Counties, and in South Carolina by the addi- 
tion of Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, and Union 
Counties. 
Oregon* L. P. Rockwood (June 30) : Volunteer hairy vetch in full bloom swept in 
alsike clover fields near Sisters, in the northwestern corner of Deschutes 
County, and three specimens found in the two fields swept near Cloverdale 
schoolhouse. This location is apparently about 4o miles farther south tha 
the insect had been found in fho Willamette Valley on the western side of 
the Cascade Range, 
