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the corn seemed to be dying in spots throughout one of his 
fields. These plants contained specimens of the corn and 
cotton wireworm Ho ri stenotic i.-.leri « On June 14 specimens 
of this species r/ere received from Poplarville with the 
report that the insects had destroyed three acres of co: . 
CRAKE PLIES (Tipulidae) 
Indiana J, J, Davis (June 26): Tipulid larvae vere abundant and 
reported cutting c: corn at Anderson May 26, and at Delphi 
June 2. 
GRASS 
A CASE BEARER ( Coleophora sp.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 26): A peculiar case-bearing lepidopterous 
larva was reported from Lapel, June 6, feeding on -rass. The 
observer reported that its presence appeared as oats scattered 
in the vegetation* The adult has not yet cojn're-rcd. (Mr. -. 
Busck re ports that bhia is pocico of Co: 
ALFAL3 _ 
A MARCH FLY ( Bibio albi -enr: Loew. ) 
Nebraska M # H. Swenk (May 15-June 15): Du: the period from I 
15 to 25, quite a number of inquiries -ere made as to the t 
meaning 6f a great abundance of March flies ( Bibio -.2 is ) 
t were present in the alfalfa fields of tiort nd central 
Nebraska, -here they had apparently developed in large numbers 
on the old decaying roots of /-killed alfalfa pi 
ALFA' [ PhytO - :: norticus Gyll.) 
California Monthly tt r, Los , Hort, Conn., Vol, 
10, ;.'o. 6, June 15,1928. There is always a possibility of 
the alfalfa Introduced on t!. bato roc.:c from 
this pest is ] 
serious pest of. alfalfa which do^s a large amount of i 
in States where it li tent but is not present in southern 
Calif ornJ . 
PEA APHID ( Illinoia It.) 
Indiana J. J. (J ( jira beetle larv 
i py abundant in Ifa field 
cd by i . 
Wisconsin J. :».. Dudley, Jr. (June 23): The 
y cool and r June, . - of rain 
have fallen in thi . . ve d 
