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California. A. E. Michelbacher (March 22): The average number of alfal- 
fa weevil larvae collected per 100 sweeps of an insect net for differ- 
ent fields in the Snn Joaquin Valley on March lU ranged from 6 to M+2, 
in the San Francisco Bay area on March 21 ranged from 2 to 198, while 
on the same date the range at Pleaston was from 1 to 27. Paras itiza- 
tion of large alfalfa weevil larvae by Bathyploctes curculionis Thos. 
in the different fields in the San Joaquin Valley on February 2k 
ranged from less than 1 percent to 2 percent, "but since that time has 
increased considerably. Paras itizati on in the San Francisco Bay area 
on March 8 was 88 percent. 
PEA APHID (Ill inoia pisi Kltb.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (March 2j) : Pea aphids are be- 
coming rather abundant in alfalfa fields at Norfolk and a few winged 
forms have been collected in pea fields. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy. (March): These aphids have been common throughout 
the State- during the ; month of March. ..... 
Oklahoma. R. G. Dahms (March 26): The pea aphid is abundant in many 
fields of alfalfa in southwestern Oklahoma. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (March 21): Plant lice are reported to be causing 
severe damage to alfalfa in Collingsworth County, in northwestern 
Texas. 
Washington. R. D. Eichmann (March k) : Green alfalfa at Walla Walla, 
barely over 1 inch tall, yields as many as four aphids per sweep of 
an insect net. More than a third of these are immature forms, several 
of which have wing pads. Many aphids were found en bottom-land al- 
falfa last fall. Aphids gave birth to young at Pullman all winter. 
PLANT BUGS (Heniptera) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March lU) : In northern Utah in alfalfa fields and 
on roadside weeds Ly^rus elisus hesperus Knight is active and adults of 
A^allia sanguinolenta Prov. are abundant. 
THREE-CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER ( Stictocephala festina Spy) 
Louisiana. L. 0. Illisor (March): Nymphs are beginning to hatch at Baton 
Rouge. 
CL OVER 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hypera punctata F. ) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (Mnrch 22): This weevil is appearing in much more 
than normal numbers in the clover fields in the central part of the 
