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COWPEAS 
COWPEA CURCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (May 21): Weevils have "been found on volunteer 
cowpeas at Experiment since May 5* They are feeding somewhat on 
leaves and stems. 
GRASS 
MEADOW PLANT BUG (Miris do la prat us L.) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 26): The. meadow plant "bug is abundant on 
bluegrass in Fayette, Scott, Woodford, Bourbon, and Clark Counties. 
FLAX 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill.) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (May 27): The wingless nymphs are present in 
countless numbers in a UO- to 50-acre field of flax 7 miles west of 
Lisbon, Ransom County. The ov/ner of the field states that a week ago 
the rows of flax were showing over the entire field. Yesterday when 
we saw the field it was completely hare except for a few low spots. 
The field had been in grass and weeds for the last 10 years and was 
plowed just prior to seeding flax this spring. A grassland pasture 
adjoining the field is also overrun by the bugs. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
NEW YORK WEEVIL (i thycerus noveboracensis Forst.) 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (May 23): Adults rather abundant on peach twigs 
near Cheshire, where they are gnawing into the bases of new shoots. 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (May 20): New York weevil attacking apple 
trees in a large orchard in Alexander County. 
FLOWER THRIPS ( Frankliniella tritici Fitch) 
Delaware. P. L. Rice (May 7): This thrips, which appeared in abundance on 
young fruit and leaves of apple shortly after petal fall in 1935. was 
found in a number of orchards in Kent and Sussex Counties early in May. 
Infestations were very light, as compared with these of 1935* 
Michigan. R. Hutson (May 20): F. tritici is abundant beneath the shucks 
and on the leaves of peach trees in the vicinity of Sodus,, in Berrien 
County. 
