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CORN ROOT APHID (/r uraohis rraidi -radicis Forbes") 
M. K. Swenk (May 25-June 25): Injury in several cornfields in 
the vicinity of Loup City by the corn root aphid was encountered 
o n J u ne 10 . 
J. W. McColloch (June 21): This insect has been received from 
Denis on and Ogden with the information that it is causing con- 
siderable loss to corn. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Euetheola rug icecs Lee.) 
R. W. Harned (June 22): The sugarcane beetle has been received 
from many parts of the State. They have been reported chiefly 
as injurious to corn but a few complaints about their attacks 
on sugarcane have been received. 
A FALSE CHINCH EUG ( Nyzius sp., probably ericae S chill.) 
R. Y. r . Harned (June 22): Nys ius sp . (probably oricae) was report- 
ed as causing serious injury to corn in Claiborne County on June 5. 
A correspondent who sent specimens wrote, "They are in a field of 
corn, planted on May 10, by the millions. They cover the stalks 
and blades and suck the life from them. They leave millions of 
little black specks on the blades that must be eggs." These 
insects were determined by Dr. H. H. Knight, of Iowa State College, 
as belonging to the genus Nysius, probably ericae. 
ALFALFA AND CLOVER 
PEA APHID ( II lino la pisi Kalt . ) 
J. E. Dudley, Jr. (June 7): Infestation is extremely scarce at 
Columbus, some fields showing none per five sweeps of a net, others 
three to five per five sweeps . Much less abundant than last year 
at this time and in the ordinary year. An early and severe in- 
festation occurred in certain parts of Jefferson County but was 
exterminated by parasites. Both adults and larvae of cocinellids 
are conspicuous in fields but food is extremely scarce. Syrphids 
are scarce. 
M. H. Swenk (May 1-25): In Dawson County about the middle of May 
several fields of alfalfa were reported as having been badly in- 
jured by the pea aphid. A great abundance of the ladybirds 
Hip pod am ia convergen s Guer. and Meg ilia f uscilabris Muls . helped 
to bring this outbreak under control, and similar reports were 
not received from elsewhere in the State. 
