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CORN ROOT-APHID ( Aphis maidi - ratUcis Forbes) 
If. H. Swenk (June 15- July 10): Information received during early 
July indicated that the prevalence of the corn root-aphid in Frank- 
lin and Harlan Counties, mentioned in my report of June 20, extends 
north into Phelps County also, and that the insect has been equally 
injurious in that county this spring. 
ALFALFA AND CLOVER 
California 
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Utah 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Phytonomus posticus Gyll.) 
Weekly News Letter, State of California, Vol. 6, No. 15, July 26: 
"That insects are carried and transported in this manner (by auto- 
mobile) is well demonstrated by the findings of the inspectors at 
the border stations. During the month of June of this year live 
insects, many of them alfalfa weevils, were taken from 61 automo- 
biles. As many as 140 live alfalfa weevils were shaken from the 
camping equipment carried by one automobile, and only a few days 
ago 40 live alfalfa weevils were intercepted in a small quantity 
of green alfalfa hay which the camper had gathered in Nevada. 
Interceptions of from one to a dozen or more alfalfa weevils in 
a live condition are daily occurrences at the border stations, 
and any one of these lots of insects if not intercepted might be 
the means of introducing the pest into California, thus placing 
upon the alfalfa grower of this State the added tax of control 
measures to suppress it. 
Ceo. I. Reeves (July 8): We have done little scouting in new 
territory for the alfalfa weevil this year, owing to lack of funds 
and assistance and preoccupation with the more urgent economic work 
of perfecting the dusting method, importing parasites, and assist- 
ing the University of Nevada to adapt our control measures to Nev- 
ada conditions. The attack has been severe but well controlled 
in Utah and Colorado. The attack in Utah has shown an increase 
over last year corresponding very closely with the increased warmth 
and earliness of the season. The parasite Bathyplectes curculionis 
is generally present both in damaged and undamaged fields. (July 
15): Alfalfa weevil injury is noticeable in fields east of River 
Heights and some other parts of Cache County. 
FALSE CHINCH- BUG ( Nyzius ericae Schill. ) 
M. H. Swenk (June 15- July 10): During the last half of June and 
up to July 10 the false chinch- bug has , like the true chinch bug, 
appeared in large numbers in a part of the State. The infested 
area e: ;ends from Thomas County west to Scottsbluff County and 
north to Dawes County. These bugs have appeared in the gardens, 
attacking radishes , lettuce, and other vegetables, and also are 
reported as swarming in great numbers around certain weeds. 
Geo. F. Knowlton (July 11): The false chinch- bug is present in 
northern Utah and doing damage in a few fields. As a rule fflfcv 
£5as& not found in damaging numbers. 
