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alfalfa field, ir Franklin Count-" on Anrii 1. Injury still continues. 
Such outbreaks in Chic are usually shotted and very local. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (April 2c): The clover leaf weev.il. is very abundant 
over the State. Many specimens have "been received from the vicinities 
of Mays*ville, Shelbyville, Glasgow, Elizabethtown, and Lexington. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (Anril 15): 'The clover leaf weevil is abundant in 
some alfalfa fields in Franklin County and is doing some injury to 
leaf buds. 
CCOON RID SPIDER (Tetranychus telarius L. ) 
Louisiana. H. A. Jaynes (March 28): A large amount of clover in Houma 
is infested by a red snider, evidently T. telariu s. One field of 
vetch was very heavily infested. 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hypera postica Gyll. } 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (Auril 20): In the San Joaquin Valley the 
alfalfa weevil is somewhat more abundant than a 'ear ago. In one 
field at Vernalis on Auril 1Q an average of 1,672 larvae were taken 
"per 100 sweeps of an insect net. Some damage has been cone in this 
field. On Anril 10 the average number of larvae collected per 100 
sweeus was 1,000. The next highest average larval count was 676. 
In other infested fields in the San Joaquin Valle^ the counts have 
been low, in many fields below 100. Apparently the weevil will not 
be of any economic importance. In the Pleas?nton area the highest 
average larval count uu to Anri 1 12 was 357 ^er 100 sweeos. Counts 
much higher can be exnected later on, as owing to a great deal of 
cold weather, there are a number of fields where the first crop of 
alfalfa is only --bout half grown. In the Mies area the highest 
count on April 12 was slightly less than 1,000 larv?e uer 100 sweens. 
In this area all fields are ready to be harvested. 
PEA APHID ( Illinoia n isi Kalt.) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (Anril 15): Very few vea a"ohids are to be found 
in the State. In no instance do they occur in sufficient numbers to 
cause damage. Aohids have been found in alfalfa fields in Franklin, 
Riley, Clay, and Reoublic Counties. None were found in Kfeosho and 
Crawford Counties. 
E. T. Jones (Anril 20): Fourteen alfalfa fields in six eastern 
counties examined during the third week in Anril averaged 182 ar>hids 
oer 100 sweeus; Similar sweeoings made on March 17 "ielded no infes- 
tation. An unusually lar e number of the usual insect -predators of 
anhids were found in all fields. 
