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Observations of the weevil activity in field cages at Pleasanton 
and Niles showed that the weevil ovipcsited rather freely in alfalfa 
stems during the entire winter at Niles, and to a lesser extent at 
Pleasanton. As things look now it is expected that the alfalfa weevil 
will do little or no damage to the alfalfa crop this season. 
ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Eurymus eury theme Bdv.) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (February 19): An adult was noticed February 16. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (February 19): During the past month a few 
larvae of the alfalfa butterfly were collected. 
PEA APHID ( Illinoia pi si Kalt.) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (February 23): The pea aphid was found on peas near 
Barlow, February 13. 
L. P. Rockwood (March l): This aphid had attained a considerable 
population in some early fall seeded vetch and pea fields by early 
February. Meteorological conditions o^ the fall and winter of 1933-34 
parallel rather closely those of 1917-18 which preceded the worst out- 
break in the Pacific Northwest within recent years. It is feared that 
there may be fewer predators than usual as field crop aphid s were un- 
usually scarce in the season of 1933. We know that there arc fewer 
coccinellid beetles than usual in their winter cache on Bald Peak in 
the Chehalem Mountains. The only natural enemies observed as yet in the 
fields are spiders and the fungous disease Emeu 3 a aphidi s Hoffman. 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (February 19): The nea aphid was collected 
in the alfalfa fields during the past month; it is becoming quite 
abundant in some fields at the present time. 
G-RASS 
CHANS FLIES ( Ti?ula spp.) 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (February 23): Crane fly larvae appeared in masses 
in an orchard that was heavily mulched, at Farmers. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (February 20): Crane flies (undetermined) have been 
moderately abundant for the past few weeks at Baton Rouge. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea sac char alls Fab . ) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (February 20): In the examinations made in the 
vicinity of Baton Rouge, the survival of the sugarcane borer is high. 
