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a northern exposure. Emergence started about the 10th of January, 
has continued to be heavy, and is about completed. 
CLOFER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hyoera -punctata Fab.) 
California. J. C. Hamlin (February U): Samples of larvae collected by 
C-. G. Schweis nee.r Sacramento were determined by A. G. Boving. 
A. S. liichelbacher (February 2-!-): The clover leaf weevil 
was found generally throughout the alfalfa fields. 
ALFALFA LGOPZE ( Autograoha californica Speyer) 
California. A. E. I/Iiche Teacher (February 2':): In checking through alfalfa 
fields during January and the first part of February, I found the 
larvae of the alfalfa semilooper quite common. Many of them were para- 
sitized by a tachinid. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea se.ccharalis Fab.) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterborger (February 2U): Larvae of the sugarcane 
borer hibernating in dry corn stalks show, an increase in mortality, 
but among those in the stubble of volunteer corn a few live larvae 
are found. The mortality from the cold is not so high as it was 
last season. 
SUGARCANE R00TST0CK WEEVIL ( Anacentrinus subnudus Buchanan) 
Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (February 2k): Adults, larvae, and pupae 
were found in about every variety of sugarcane examined. Injured root- 
stocks ranged from 30 to 67 percent. 
A MITE ( Tarsonemus bancrofti Michael) 
Florida. P. N. Annand (January 28): Word has recently been received of 
the discovery of T, bancrofti on sorghum hybrids and New Guinea canes 
in four locations on the experimental plats maintained by the United 
States Department of Agriculture at Canal Point, on the eastern edge 
of tile Everglades. An infestation was also found in an adjoining 
field of commercial cane. Owing to the rather general occurrence 
of the mite, it is feared that its eradication may prove to be 
difficult. 
