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A CUHCULIO ( Sitona cylindricollis Fab.) 
Nev: England and Hew York. M. P. Jones (September): According to Robert Copple, 
B.P.I. , Middlebury, Vt., this weevil has caused severe injury to , ... sweet 
clover this year, necessitating replanting in sor.e place's. Althc be great- 
est damage is to seedlings, the weevil continues to feed on the foliage through- 
out the summer. Mr. Copple has found this weevil in the Lake Chanplain Valley 
of Vermont and New York,' at Storrs, Conn., and Amherst, Mass. Identified by 
Mr. Buchanar May 10, 1932. First record in this country. 
GARDEN WEBWOEM ( Loxostege similalis Guen.) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (September 19): Usually gives trouble at this season 
and is now reported on turnips in the central section of the State. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 25): The alfalfa webworm is doing much injury to 
alfalfa at Thoratsmn. 
SOYEEAIiS AND VELV2 TREATS 
VELVET BEAN CATERPILLAR ( Anticarsia .^emnatilis Hbn.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 21): Velvet beans from Alachua County south are 
pretty thoroughly ragged by the velvet bean caterpillar. This is quite usual 
at this time of the year. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines (September 21): During the past week soy beans, in a 
number of fields in Madison Parish, have been almost completely defoliated. 
FALL ARMYWORM ( Lauhygma f rug roe r da S. & A.) 
y Florida. J. R. Watson (September 21): Tae fall armyworm has been quite abundant 
in some sections of Polk and Lake Counties, where it has defoliated the ,~rass 
cover crop in many groves. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): A light infestation on corn was reported 
from Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County, on August 31. On September 15 a correspond- 
ent at Biloxi in Harrison County indicated that Bermuda grass in his pasture 
was severely injured., 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (September 5): The fall armyworm was noted as injuring 
late planted grain sorghum, 50 per cent of the young stalks having b< 
injured in Burleson County. 
A MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus sp.) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 23): A mealybug ( Pseudococcus sp.) was found 
on the roots of soybeans at Dayton, Rhea County, .. &B&&- are field was 
lightly infested. 
CROTALARIA 
BELLA MOTE (Utetheisa bella L.) 
Florida. P. D. Sanders (September 20): Larvae are attacking folia I seed pods 
of Crotrlr.ria spectabalis on the experiment station farm at Gainesville. 
