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CORN FLEA. BEETLE ( Chaetocnema pulicaria Melsh. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Soil. Agr. News Letter (June): The corn flea "beetle has 
heavily infested corn in Nassau County,- Long. Island. , Every plant shows 
feeding marks and early wilt-resistant sweet corn has about 2 $ wilt, 
CORN ROOT APHID ( Anuraphis maidi-radicis Forbes) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (June 26) : The corn root aphid has been reported as se- 
verely damaging corn in D6niphan County. 
'• . : ': , ALFALFA AND CLOVER 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hyper a postic a Gyll.) 
Nebraska. L. M. Gates (June 23): A survey being conducted in northwestern 
Nebraska indicates a reduction in the numbers of alfalfa weevil in the 
area. No new infestations have been found and some of the fields found 
infested in 193& were not infested this year. The development of the 
species seems to have been delayed from a week to 10 days. Eggs, first-to 
fourth-stage larvae, and last year's adults are present in the infested 
fields in northern Sioux County near the South Dakota and Wyoming State 
. lines. .... 
Idaho. R. W. Haegele (June 16) : The alfalfa weevil is .about the same as in 
1936 in southwestern Idaho. Infestations are spotted, with damage ran- 
ging from negligible to about 20 fo of the first crop. Larvae are ma- 
ture, and pupating, and the first crop of alfalfa is being cut. 
Nevada. G. G. Schweis (June 18): The alfalfa weevil has caused some damage 
in western Nevada. The counties affected most are Churchill, Lyon, • r 
. Washoe, and Douglas, 
Utah. G. F. Knowl ton ..(June 10): In many northern localities damage is be- 
coming more conspicuous. 
California, A. E. Michelbacher (June' 21): The alfalfa weevil population is at 
a very low ebb. The average number of larvae collected to 100 sweeps of 
an insect net in the infested area on June lU ranged from less than 1 to 
15, while the adult count ranged from to 28. The population is. the 
lowest encountered for this time of the year since the investigation was 
started in 19j>2. Parasitization by Bathyplectes curculioni s Thos. on 
May 28 ranged well above 90 $ and in a number of cases was over 95 $>• 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hypera punctata F. ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 25): The clover leaf weevil was destructive to 
clover and alfalfa in DeKalb County the last of May and the first of 
June. 
