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. . PEA APHID (I llinoi a pisi Kltb. ) 
Virginia. L. W. Brannon (April 27): I have just made 100 sweepings in alfal- 
fa on the experiment station farm and collected approximately 1/2 pint 
of aphids, which I estimate at 50fOO° or more. Sweepings made in this 
same field on April 30» 193^ , resulted in an estimated collection of 
15 t 200 .aphids per 100 sweepings. Sweepings were also made on peas grow- 
ing on the city farm nearby. Approximately 1,000 aphids were collected 
per 100 sweeps. On April 30 » 193^ , sweepings made in a field of peas on 
this same farm, resulted in the collection of 35 aphids per I9O sweeps. 
The peas on this farm, on which the sweepings were made, appear to be in 
full bloom now. In view of these findings, it appears that the pea ar>hid 
is considerably more abundant in the Norfolk area than at this time last 
year. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (A"oril): The pea aphid has been numerous a number of 
times but has not been consistently injurious. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 20): ?.. C. Smith found pea aphids in every alfal- 
fa field examined from Manhattan westward to the central part of the State. 
Utah. G. 7. Knowlton (April 20): Pea aphids have been hatching in small 
numbers in Utah and Salt Lake Counties. The erring has been unusually 
late, retarding development. At Hyde Park pea aphids have hatched out, 
and are rather abundant on sweet clover. Most of those examined were in 
the second and third instars. They are less abundant upon alfalfa. 
CLOVER 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hyper a punctata P. ) 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (April 23 ) * Clover leaf weevil larvae are numerous 
in red clover, also in tobacco plant beds, and are injuring lettuce and 
cabbage at Owenton and Carlisle. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 20): R. C. Smith reports the clover leaf weevil 
numerous at Manhattan. He foimd no weevils in the alfalfa fields exam- 
ined en route in a recent trip to the central part of the State. 
CLOVER STEM BORER ( Languri a mozardi Latr. ) 
Iowa. H. E. Jacques (April 22): The clover stem borer seems to be more than 
ordinarily abundant. 
VETCH 
VETCH WEEVIL (Bruchus brachial is Pahraeus) 
North Carolina. J. S. Pinckney (A^ril 17): The vetch weevil is now leaving 
its hibernation quarters and entering the vetch fields at Salisbury , 
Rowan County, west of the central part. 
SU GARCAIS 
SUGARCANE BORER (Diatraea saccharalis P.) 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (April): The sugarcane borer is transforming to 
adults rapidly and is laying eggs abundantly in south Louisiana. 
