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"boon flying to winter quarters since about September 10. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (September 25): The carry-over of chinch bugs soens to 
be light, except in a few isolated localities, where farmers are report- 
ing that they are abundant on late corn and sorghum. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 23): Chinch bugs were reported as present 
in greater than normal numbers in the cornfields in Richardson and Nema- 
ha Counties from August 20 to September 20. 
DESERT CORN FLEA BEETLE ( Chaeto enema ectypa Horn) 
California. H. J. Ryan (September 10): Three acres of popcorn out of a 
5-acre field were destroyed in Los Angeles County. 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Eurymus eury theme Bdv. ) 
Tennessee. E. W. Howe (September): Alfalfa caterpillars seriously damaged 
sweetpotato foliage at Clarksville during the latter part of the month. 
Colorado. S. C McCampbell (September 21): V/e have had an abundance of the 
alfalfa caterpillar. In the lower Arkansas Valley during the past J,0 
days considerable injury has resulted to alfalfa. 
California. H. C. Donohoe and C. K. Fisher (August 27): Alfalfa fields in 
Fresno County have been heavily infested with adults for several days. 
Several fields have been noted within the last 2 days containing the 
greatest adult infestations the writers have ever noted. 
C. C. Wilson (September U): The alfalfa caterpillar, which 
usually builds up to severe damaging proportions on the fourth and fifth 
cuttings of alfalfa, has again destroyed large acreages of hay in Sacra- 
mento County. Damage was severe on approximately 1,000 acres, causing 
a reduction of 1 ton per acre. The monetary loss over an area of 100 
square miles was estimated to be approximately $15,000, while hay buyers 
estimated 10 percent loss for the county. Bacterial wilt attacked the 
larvae, but conditions favoring this disease came too late to avert the 
the damage. 
