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CLOVER- LEAF WEEVIL ( Hypera punctata Fab. ) 
F. N. Cory (April 27): Present in numbers in all fields examined. 
The disease that causes the larvae to curl around the tips of grass 
blades before dying is abundant. 
J. J. Davis (Liiy 25): Reports show that this insect was respon- 
sible for considerable dsmage So some clover fields in the central 
and southeastern sections of Indiana. 
P.. H. Pet-tit (May 14): The clover-leaf weevil has actually injured 
some alfalfa fields quite seriously. The adult beetles are present 
in large • numbers feeding on alfalfa near Lansing, and the larvae 
are reported in other parts of the State as doing serious injury. 
Practically always in the past Entomophthora has appeared before 
very serious danage has resulted. Sometimes, however, as in this 
case, the beetle runs for a time before the disease catches up with 
it. 
C. J. Drake (Hay 7): The clover-leaf weevil occurs in unusually 
large numbers near Shenandoah. It entirely destroyed a 15-acre 
field of clover. Other reports from Page County indicate that 
the clover-leaf weevil is also doing some damage to alfalfa fields. 
J. W. McColloch (May 21): Larvae of the clover- leaf weevil were 
numerous in alfalfa fields at lola. 
LESSER CLOVER-LEAF WEEVIL ( Pnyt en onus, x x ,^ if oslirisr Fab «■ ) 
W. P. Flint (May 22): Adults of the clover bud weevil, Phyto nomus 
ni g.'irp stris. were abundant in clover fields during April and it is 
almost impossible to find a single stem of the clover which does 
not show the result of infestation by one or more larvae of this 
snout beetle. Examinations made during the last two weeks in 
four counties in east-central Illinois show this condition to be 
general. Examinations by J. H. Bigger, in western Illinois, show 
as high as 93 per ce&t of the clover stems infested. This insect 
is certainly becoming an important factor in clover production in 
this State. 
Illinois 
CLOVER HEAD CATERPILLAR ( Laspeyresia inters tine tana Clem. ) 
W. P. Flint (May 22): Adults of this species are very abundant 
in clover fields at the present time. 
