Kansas 
PLAINS i^LSi. V7IKE70BM ( r-leodes ooaca Say) 
R. L. Parker (March 20): False wireworms are moderately 
abundant in wheat at Ulysses. 
Texas 
CORN 
CORN EAR (TORI ( Heliothds obsoleta Fab.) 
F. L. Thomas (March 27): Eggs of corn ear worm have 
been observed at College Station; eggs and larvae at 
"Teslaco and Dickinson. 
Nevada 
Illinois 
Virgini 
6 iMiQ 
California 
.-JuF.-.hF,, AND CLOVcR 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( phytor.omus -posticus Gyll.) 
Gr. Gr, Schweis' (March 19): Adults are just becoming active, 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hypera p unctata Fab.) 
Wi P. Flint (March 24); The clover leaf -eevil has been 
received from several localities in south-central Illinois. 
PEA APHID ( Illinois pisi Kalt.) 
Gr. S. Gould (".[arch 26): The pea aphid is moderately 
abundant on alfalfa and rare on the various clovers and 
vetch. A few individuals were noted on peas, which are 
now about 3 inches tall. 
S. Lockwood (March 7): At Fresno the pea aphid has in- 
fested alfalfa to such an extent that the earlier growth 
is wilted beyond recovery* Casts fror the insects were so 
thick on the ground as to give the soil s d :idedly mottled 
appearance. Natural control has reached the point where 
no further damage is expected in this fi^ld.- 
FRUIT INSECTS 
Massachusetts 
Delaware 
APPLE 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
A. I. Bourne (March 24): Eggs of orchard plant lice 
are moderately abundant. They ar^ somewhat less abundant 
than a year ago. 
L. .v. Stearns (March 21): 2'ggs are moderately abundant 
