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Srath, Hamilton, Bosque, McLezman, Coryell, and Bell Counties. The 
parasite Lysiphlebus tritici came too late to be of lauch help." 
COiai-I£AP BLOTCH MIHEB or WHEAT LE1:IP MINER ( Agromyza •parvicomis Loew) 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (June 23). The vdieat leaf -miner is very abundant in 
Wayne County. In some fields 70 per cent of the leaves are mined out. 
WHEAT MIDGE ( Contarinia tritici Kirby) 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (June 23) . T/heat midge is a serious pest in a few of the 
south-central counties. This insect will probably do as much or more 
damage this year as any other wheat insect. 
T. H. Parks. **Wheat midge is very bad in some Ohio counties. Has been 
increasing in numbers for three years; in sotjs fields 20 jjer cent of 
the ^mels are affected." 
iEADOV/ ELAHT-BDG ( Mlris dolobratus L. ) 
Indiana Hit F. Dietz (June 15). "The meadow plant-bug has been collected in large 
numbers from lanms, meadows, and wheat and oat fields around Indian- 
apolis." 
TARHISHBa) PI*ANT-BUG ( Lvgas pratensis L«) 
Uebrasla M. H. Swenk (May 15) . "The rather unusual numbers of tarnished plant- 
bugs reported from wheat fields in April were in evidence in the alfalfa 
fields in early May, but no obvious injury was being dons by them 
except in a few cases." 
WIHSf/OHBK (Melanotus pilosus Blatch. ) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 15). "In Clay Cmmty a species of wirewoitn has been 
injuriously numerous in small grain fields; oat fields planted about 
March 15 were in some cases killed out and had to be reseeded by April 
20, In some localities wheat fields had the extreme bases of the stems 
badly gnawed by tl^se worms in early May to the obvious detriment of 
some of the fields," 
CLOVER LEAPHOPPrlR ( Agallia sanguinolenta Pro v.) 
Nebraska IL fl* Swank (May 15) • "The rather unusual numbers of clover leaf hoppers 
reported from wheat fields in April were in evidence in alfalfa fields 
in early May but no obvious injury was being done by them except in a 
few oases. 
ALFALFA 
PBA APHIS ( Illinoia pisi Kalt.) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (May 14) . "The pea aphis was reported as unusually numerous 
in alfalfa fields in southeastern Nebraska, from Richardson County to 
Gage County. Scxoa rather serious injury by this pest is expected during 
this next week." 
