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BmiBLEBEES 
H. A. Gossard ( Ju2id'*?^0) : Our agionomists report that b-umhlehees 
are very scarce thi^ season and that the first cutting of clover 
can hardly he expected to develop a normal supply of seed. It is 
also possible that they mil not have replenished their numher 
s-ufficiently by midsummer or fall to insure a seed crop from the 
second cutting of clover. The excessive rainfall is supposed to 
have drovmed out many of the nests. 
CLOVER- LEAF wEEVIL ( H:/pera punctata Fab. ) 
HH A. Gossard (May 29): The clover-leaf neevil r:aB received from 
Brooklyn Station May 29, vrhere it /was reported to be very numerous 
on a field of ploired sod which vTas to be planted to corn. 
S0Y3EAIT 
A BLISTER BEETLE ( Epicauta le mniscat a Fab . ) 
J. W, Ingram (June 4): Striped blister beetles appeared in large 
numbers during the first days of the month and begin feeding on the 
young soybean plants around Crowley. In some fields the yoimg 
plants were completely defoliated. , 
CO^FEA ■: 
COTTPSA CURCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh. ) 
0. I. Snapp (June 10): This pest is very abundant and injurious 
in Hancock County this year on cowpeas. 
SORGHUIvI 
KAFIR AUT ( Solenopsis moles ta Say) 
J, W, McColloch (June 10): At Eskridge it has been necessary to 
replant sor^nms three tines because of this insect. Damage has 
also been reported from Eureka. 
VETCH 
FALL ARIiWYOEM ( Laphyama fnigiperda S. & A. ) 
P. D. Sanders: An outbreak has occurred on the Eastern Shore of 
this State. 
South Carolina J. A. Berly (June 12): Attacking vetch at Union. This is the 
first reported outbreak we have received. No serious damage was 
reported. 
