-Ugi. 
COEN LEAF APHID ( Aphis maidis Fitch) 
Utah. G. F. Kno m lton (August 31) : Some corn plants at Greenriver heavily in- 
fested. 
A RED SPIDER (Acarina) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (August 3 l)i Some small patches of sweet corn destroyed 
hy red spider at Greenriver ; other fields in Emery County from lightly to 
moderately infested. In one large field of field corn, 25 percent was 
rather severely injured. Also injuring corn near Logan, , Cache County. 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hyper a pos tica Gyll.) 
California. A, E. Michelhacher (Septenb r 23) 5 Both larvae and adults collected 
in the infested part of the San Joaquin Valley throughout the summer. The 
average number collected per 100 sweeps of a net on September 22 for the 
different fields ranged from 0 to 13 larvae and from 0 to 17 adults. No 
specimens taken in the Pleasanton region, and in the country adjacent to 
the San Francisco Bay the larval count ranged from 1 to 6 and the adult 
count from 0 to 2. 
ALFALFA CATERPILLAR. ( Colias eurythene Bdv, ) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (September 23)* During the latter part of August 
larvae did considerable damage to alfalfa in several fields in the north- 
western part of the San Joaquin Valley, Serious losp restricted to the 
area near Westley. At present scarce in all fields. 
SORGHUM — 
A WEEVIL ( Anncentrinus deplanatus Csy. ) 
Kansas. H, R, Bryson (September l)‘ Found for the first time attacking sorghum 
in Kansas. Discovered when it destroyed practically an entire row of 
sorghum in nursery at Marhattnn, Twenty beetles reared fro" 1 the larvae 
taken from the stalks. Also reared from barnyard grass, (Det. by L. L. 
Buchanan, ) 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis F. ) 
Louisiana. J. W, Ingram and E. K. Bynum (September 25): Numerous dead sugarcane 
tops apparent in fields. These observations, infestation counts, and re- 
ports of unusually heavy infestations in seed cane, which is being planted, 
indicate that damage may be as heavy, or heavier, than in 1938. 
