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EUROPEAN EARWIG ( JTorficula auricular! a L.) 3 i&ioSfff^U 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (March 2l)jj. As late as February 24 eggs 
could be found at Berkeley without any difficulty. 
IHDIAJT-MEAL MCTH ( Plodia interounctella Hbn.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (March 15): From Stanton County comes the report of 
large numbers of Indian-meal moths emerging from poorly shelled corn 
cobs stored in the cellar of a house during the first week in March. 
SEAN WEEVIL ( AcanthosceUdes obtectus Say) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 22): Shelled butterbeans showing severe injury 
were received from Durant , Holmes County, on March 8. 
PEA WEEVIL ( Bruchus pi sorum L.) 
Idaho. T. A. Brindley, Monthly Letter Bur. Ent . , No. 237 (February): 
Prospects are favorable for a decided increase in pea weevil damage this 
season. If the weather continues mild the only redeeming feature of the 
situation will be the small hibernating population. An interesting 
result of the continued mild weather is the survival of volunteer peas 
in the winter wheat. Last fall during the harvest season unusual quan- 
tities of peas were shattered because of climatic conditions. Whole 
fields seeded to winter whe*.t resembled pea fields, so great was the 
quantity shattered. Favorable climatic conditions allowed practically 
all of these peas to germinate and, thus far, these peas have survived. 
It is possible, should the warm weather continue, that these peas will 
survive and absorb some of the weevil damage. This would alleviate the 
situation this crop season, but would breed large -oca weevil populations 
for 133a. 
A SPIDER BEETLE ( ptinus tcctus Eoieldieu) 
Washington. M. H. Hatch (February 23): This beetle is numerous in a grain 
store at Edmonds. 
A NOTE FROM HAITI - By G-. N. Wolcott 
COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabama argillacea Hbn.) 
March 8, 1934: I have just received word from Mr. Andre Audant of Port-au- 
Prince, Haiti, that he has been observing successive generations of 
Alabama argil lacea Hbn. there on cotton this winter, the pupal periods 
comin,- the latter part o* January and the latter part of February. He 
does not note what the temperatures have been, but these will be obtain- 
able later. By contrast, no Alabama at all has been noted in Puerto 
Rico for over a year, the last small outbreak having been eliminated in 
January 1933 on a snail field of an experimental planting at Rio Piedras. 
It occurs to me that 7'esence of A. argillncea in Haiti throughout 
the winter may indicate the possibility of an early occurrence in Florida 
and Georgia next spring. 
