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COM EAB 70HM ( Heliothis obsoleta lab. ) 
Texas. F. L.; Thomas and assistants (?v!arch ^8): Ixaminations for eggs or 
adults of the cotton boll vorm were made "beginning "arch 12 in the 
iroper coastal section of Texas, hut none were found until the 23d. 
On that date 400 slants of alfalfa examined at three locations 
yielded 51 eggs; 4 adults were taken from 400 sweeps made on the same 
date; 15 eggs and 2 larvae were found on ?00 stalks of corn 6 inches 
high. Near College Station on "(arch 10, 2 eg w) s vere found out of 
about 1,300 alfalfa slants examined; on " c arch 12, 500 plants vere 
examined and 1 egg found; and 8 eggs vere found on 3,000 alfalfa plants 
examined on March 23 and 24. 
P. A. Click (March 17): Corn err worn is quite abundant now 
around Brownsville, having a~nea.red on March 15, both in the field and 
at lights. Je are making infestation counts of larval damage to young 
corn. : . . , 
EUBOPJM C03i: 30Rm ( Fyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
Bhode Island. A. g. Stene ("'arch 27): The corn borer is not unusually 
abundant, but little mortality is shoving up among those that went 
into winter quarters last fall. 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA '.TggVIL ( Hypera nostica Gyll.) 
California. A. S. Michelbacher ("'larch 20): The alfalfa weevil is doing- 
very little damage. Injury is noticeable in only one field, located 
at Irvington, which is ready to be harvested, and it is expected that 
damage will cease as soon as it is cut. Over much of the San Fran- 
cisco district and the San Joaquin Valley the alfalfa is reaching 
maturity. and harvest has already started in a number of fields. In 
the San Francisco Bay area ">arasitization by Bathyplectes curculionis Thorns. 
continues to be heavj^ but no reports later than "larch 3 are included 
because the rearing records beyond this date are not yet comoleted. 
Very few of the Bath.y-plectes reared since February 26 are of the 
overwintering form. 
