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CLOVER SEED CHALCID (Bruchophagus f -on e oris How. ) 
Arizona Arizona News Letter (Volume 3, Wo. ?): A noticeable increase 
cf the alfalfa seed chalcid fly has "been reported from the Tuna 
district. Reports also have reached the office that this insect 
has "been very destructive to the alfalfa seed in the Chandler 
district cf the Salt River Valley. As much as 50 per cent of 
> the seed has been destroyed in some fields. 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (August 18): Blister beetles have not been bother- 
some during the past month. Reports from Alton and Falun indicate 
some damage to alfalfa. 
VARIEGATED CUTWORM ( lycophotia ro araaritosa saucia Hbn. ) 
California T. D. Urbahns and assistants: The variegated cutworm is attack- 
ing gardens and alfalfa in Modoc County, being severe in places. 
Damage first noticeable about June 15. 
VELVET BBAjg 
FALL ARMYWORM (Laphygma frurjperda S. & A. ) 
South Carolina Philip Luginbill and T. C. Shiver (August 21 ): The fall army- 
worm is attacking velvet beans at Columbia in a field containing 
100 acres. 
AEMtWOBM (Cirphis tmipuacta Haw. ) 
South Carolina Philip Luginbill ard T. C. Shiver (August 21): A field of 100 
acres in Congaree River bottoms about ? miles from the city is 
attacked by this insect. Slight damage is being done. 
California T. D. Urbahns and assistants (August 15): Adjoining fields of 
alfalfa were cut and migration of the worms to the beans took 
place destroying as much as 10 acres of beans in one night at 
Escalon, San Joaquin County. Growers are using furrow method 
and poioned-bran mash for control. 
APHIIDAE 
California T. D. Urbahns and assistant? (August 15): Several fields in 
Escalon-Manteca districts heavily infested. Growers are using 
various contact insecticides with varying degrees of control. 
Sample of insect sent to Geo. Wilson for identification. 
