The twelve-spotted asparagus "beetle has "been collected for the first 
time in the State of Illinois^ It appeared in students 1 collections in the 
fall of 1925. Soma of tlhese beetles were collected in Lake County and 
Piatte County, the remaining specimens having "been collected on the University 
grounds at Champaign. Extensive collections made over the period 1922-25 
indicate that this pest was not prevalent enough to "be taken prior to 1925. 
This is the westernmost record for the tvelve^spotted asparagus beetle , 
despite the fact that general publications on economic entomology give its 
distribution as practically the sane as that of C. asparagi . 
A new and undetermined species of Hypora has "been reported as a 
carrot pest from the San Jose district of California. 
The nut fruit tortrix, Laspeyr esi a sol endana . a pest of chestnuts, 
walnuts, and acorns in Zurcpe, 'has "bean discovered by the' quarantine 
officials infesting Italian chestnuts offeree for sale in 'California. 
