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clover 
CLOVER- LEAF WEEVIL ( Hyp era punctata Fab. ) 
Utah Geo. F. Khowlton (September 5): The clover-leaf weevil is present- 
in the State tut doing little damage this year. 
CLOVER-SEED MILGE ( Dasyneura. iegurrinicola Lint.) 
Nebraska M. E. Swenk (September 3): A large red-clover field in Polk County 
was found to "be heavily attacked "by the clover- seed midge so that 
the seed crop was spoiled, while a near-by field that had been cut 
10 days earlier was not seriously injured. 
SOYBEANS 
SOUTHERN CORN ROOTWQRM ( Diabrotica d uodecimnunctata Fab . ) 
Illinois J. H. Bigger (August 23): Feeding on blossoms in such numbers as 
doubtless to be a factor in reducing yield of beans this season in 
Morgan County. 
GRASS 
COTTONY GLASS SCALE (Er iope?.t is festucae Fonsc.) 
Illinois W. P. Flint (September 20): During August several reports have 
come in, accompanied by specimens, of scale working on redtop in 
southeastern Illinois. This scale was identified by Dr. T. H. 
Prison as Frio pelti s festuca e. To date, no serious amount of 
damage lias "oeen reported, although a noticeable amount of grass 
has been killed in some fields. 
A CATSEPILIAE ( Mocis reppnda Fab. ) 
Haiti Geo. N. Tolcott (September 3): Dr. A. S. Vinson, Chemist of the 
Service Technique, recently returned from a trip to Gonave Island 
and brought back with him specimens of caterpillars which he found 
abundant in various places in guinea grass. They proved to be 
Llocis re-pan da Fab. of which there was a serious outbreak last 
winter at many points in Porto Pico. 
