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C. F. Stiles (May 21): Chinch hues are showing up in moderately 
large numbers in Tulsa, Osage, and Okfuskee Counties. Heavy rains have 
fallen over part of this territory and we do not know yet just what the 
situation will he. 
GREEN BUG (Toxoptera graminu m Rond. ) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snanp (May 8): J. P.. Thomson, Jr., reports the green hug 
as abundant and damaging Austrian field peas at Perry. ■ 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 23): We are having a few reports of the green 
hug on grain in southeastern part of the State. Indications are that the 
injury will not he serious. 
BLACK GRAIN- STEM SAWFLY ( Tracheitis tabidus Fah.) 
Ohio. J. S. Houser (May 11): Overwintered larvae kept out of doors under 
natural conditions at Wooster have "begun to transform to the nupal stage. 
AL FALFA 
PEA APHID ( Illinoia pisi Kalt.) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (May 20):C.C. Mullett, county agent at Fremont, Newaygo 
County, reports an infestation of pea aphid in alfalfa. 
Mississippi. G. I. Worthington (May 23): On May 21 I observed severe and 
general infestations of the pea aphid in Bolivar County, on winter peas 
nlanted for cover crcos. In many places from 10 to 25 percent of the 
peas had been killed. The severe damage was in fields that had not "been 
plowed under hy May 1. Some injury on English peas and alfalfa was also 
ohserved hut the damage to these crops was not severe. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 25): The pea aphid is quite plentiful in garden 
peas and may he found in alfalfa fields, although not in sufficient abun- 
dance to cause damage. 
Nevada. R. A. Blanchard (May lU): Severe damage to alfalfa was ohserved on 
May 1^ near Reno, Wadsworth, Fernley, and Fallon. A large percentage 
of the fields rear Fernley were severely damaged. The damage, although 
severe, is not nearly so widespread a3 in 193^» The infestations developed 
ahout a month later than last year. The loss in the infested fields will 
nrobahly he greater this year than in 193^, owing to the lateness of the 
infestation. 
Washington. L. P. Rockwood (May 2): This species was estimated to average 
from l6,000 to 20,000 auhids per 100 sweeps in one alfalfa field near 
Mahton that had "been well irrigated and showed no damage. Natural enemies, 
including a fungous disease caused hy Emuusa p lanchoniana , hymenopterous 
parasites, coccinellid larvae and adults, and syrphid larvae and adults 
were present in numbers and the parasites and predators were increasing 
