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successfully in the -oeriods of rrild leather late in the fall and in the 
early winter. Counts irade during December in 24 fields in western Indiana 
showed an average of 40 percent of the plants infested.- The stand in soTe 
fields may he materially reduced by this unusual infestation in the compar- 
atively small, late-sown "heat, and there is likelihood of serious injury 
to the current crop r?here Feather conditions next spring favor the develop- 
ment of the soring brood. (C. M. Packard, Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, U. S. D. A. ) 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER 
A complete report on this insect '-as prepared by A, M. Vance, of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, and.^as published as a supple- 
Tent to no. 9, vol. 15, Insect Pest Survey Bulletin. 
ALFALFA TEEVIL 
At the beginning of the season in 1935 adult alfalfa "'e evils were 
present in destructive abundance at Tremonton, Saline, and Salt Lake, Utah; 
Medford, Oreg. ; Reno, ilev. ; Grand Junction, Colo.; and Harrison, llebr. In 
none of these r>laces '-as the population of weevils excessive, and the 
^eather, being nearly normal after a series of -idely erratic seasons, gave 
rise for the Tost part to a normal population of larvae on the first crop. 
The resulting damage ,_ as general but not excessive. The temperatures at 
Salina, and Grand Junction rere somewhat lorer than indicated above, and 
this condition '-as reflectedin delayed ovi^osition, -Irich at Salina reduced 
the expected damage to the first crop. The same condition at Grand Junction 
failed to benefit the first crop because spring frosts delayed the cutting 
until the larvae had reached and Passed their stage of maximum destructive- 
ness. A single field at Harrison, Ifebr. , was seriously damaged, chiefly 
De cause, through lack of experience '"ith the weevil, the crop r*as allowed 
to stand until the maximum injury developed. A survey of the weevil-infes- 
ted territory in autumn showed a prevalence of from moderate to low 
populations in most localities. The reevil was taken in Clark County, Nev. , 
in April, which established a new infestation record. In the course of 
scouting operations in June ne^ 7 infestations were found in the following 
places: Scotts Bluff County, Nebr. , Montezuma County, Colo., Kane County, 
Utah, and Coconino County, Ari^. (Geo. I. Reeves, Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A. ) 
CUTWORMS 
As a result of cool, rain;' weather, cutrorm injury occurred abundant- 
ly over the United States east of the 100th meridian and in isolated 
localities in California, Arizona, Utah, and southrestern Idaho. The army 
cutrorm "-as the first species to attract attention. It **as observed in 
Hayes County, Nebr., and Riley Count', Kans. , in the latter half of Febru- 
ary. As the season advanced it became destructively abundant over most of 
Kansas, southern Nebraska, and in scattering localities in Oklahoma. The 
variegated cutworm wo.s found in association ith the army cutworm and ex- 
tended its depredations over much more territory, including Arkansas, 
Missouri, Ic-a, Minnesota, and Michigan. It res al?o reported from the 
Sacramento Valley and southern California. Various species of climbing 
