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Illinois '.;. p. Flint (April 23): Armyworm moths taken first tine in 
1925 on the night of Apr il 2, at Carbondale, according to S. C. 
Chandl • r . 
Kansas & 
Oklahoma 
Oreron 
Indiana 
Illinois 
T exa s 
ALFaLF.^ 
G--iRD3N '7SBv7C H ( Loxostege rimilalis Guen. ) 
J« R. Horton (April 7): A moderate sized flight of these moths 
vzas under -ay during the last t ,- o neeks of March, fro-, south- 
central Kansas to south-central Oklahoma. 
a »iS3VIL ( Tosastes cinera scans Fierce) 
Don C„ Mote (April 13): adults of above meevil reported to he 
doing damage to old stand of alfalfa at Pendleton, 
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CLOTER-LEAF .'ESVIL ( v ymara punctata Fab, ) 
J. J. Davis (April 23): Have noticed this insect working on 
clover for some veeks hero at Lafayette, although no damage. 
Today I received specimens from aurora, in tha southeastern 
corner of the State, mith the report that they are "orking 
on alfalfa and that the field these specimens cane from is 
practically destroyed in patches •here they arc working the 
heaviest. The o ,- ner states that they "ere much -ore numerous 
■- week ago than no-. The specimens received -ere mostly full- 
er own larvae, -ith a fern pupae and an occasional one-third ^o"n 
larva. 
CEUSS 
GRTJ3S (Cvclocemhal a s", ) 
77, T« Flint (april 23): as was expected, follo-in~ the unusually 
heavy flight of adults of this species last season, injury 
"by grubs is now being reported in east-central Illinois. Thus far, 
all injury reported has ^een to blue grass in lawns* 
SORGHUM ;:iDGS .( Dontarinir s or^hicol a Coq.) 
Charles I-I, Grble (.ipril 21): Because of drought practically 
no .-rain sorghum has yet been planted, althou-h it is now 
seven ~eeks later than the usual earliest planting period, 
Sorghum midge made its appearance in normal numbers on Johnson 
grass in san ^ntonia on April 8, as against April 27 last year. 
California 
FRUIT I V S 2 C T S 
CC.: C T : l ( Tatranychus telarius L. ) 
F. R, Brann (April 1C): Serious injury 'one to peaches, prunes, 
