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Utah. C. J. Sorenson (February 23)': Eggs of the pale western 
cutworm ( Porosagrotis orthogonia Morr. ) were found hatch- 
ing on January .16 in dry-farm wheatfields west of Lehi, 
Utha County, in the north- central part of the State. A 
few specimens of noctuid moths were observed flying early 
in the evening and a few woolly specimens of -undetermined 
lepidopterous larvae were also observed during this period. 
., WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllopha^a spp.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 18): ■ An' inquiry as to the con- 
trol of white, grubs in asparagus beds in Nance County was 
received. today. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (February 22): Wheat through the main 
wheat belt of Oklahoma, comprising Kay, Noble, Garfield, 
Grant,' and Alfalfa Counties, is heavily infested. with wheat 
white grubs, P. lanceolata Say. There is .another quite 
: serious', outbreak in Comanche and Tillman Counties. The un- 
usually warm weather of the first 2 weeks in February caused 
the grubs to approach the surface of the ground and begin 
feeding. Recent cold weather has, no doubt, checked this. 
' WIRSWORMS (Elateridae) 
Nebraska. M. H. -Swenk (February 17): A request for information 
on the- control .of wireworms was sent in from Holt County. 
California. M. W. Stone (Februarys): Adults of the sugarbeet 
wireworm (Limonius cali f ornicus Mann.) were collected on al- 
falfa near Huntington Beach on January 12. Owing to high 
soil temperatures in December and January 1937-38. emergence 
of males and females in laboratory cages occurred on Janua- 
ry 2U, or 23 days earlier than in 1937. A 3-acre field of 
rutabagas near Arcadia was damaged by I. calif ornicus larvae 
to the extent that over 200 sacks were graded unfit for con- 
sumption and were sold to a dairy for feed. The combined 
damage in two fields has now resulted in a loss to the 
grower of over $600. Apparently these rutabagas had been 
attacked continuously throughout the winter,, as both old 
and recent damage was noted. Also, an abundance of wire- 
worms were recovered when the rutabagas were examined today. 
