-41- 
-40. 
Ohio. 
Indiana. 
Illinois. 
Michigan. 
R. C. Osburn (May 7). "Tjt'q clover leaf -weevil was vory abundant 
in red clever during April. Clover was regarded, due to the late 
spring freezes, vhile this insect was ad^ancod in its development 
as compared with 1920, consequently considerable damage occurred. 
Cocoons were being spun on April 26." 
W. Ho Larrimer (April 30). "This insect is half again as numerous 
as during average years. About 60 per cent of the larvae have 
spun cocoons in preparation for pupation, while half of these have > 
been destroyed by the fungous disease, Emousa sphaarosp erma Fres. 
Wo P- Flint (May 17). "Much more abundant than usual over the en- 
tire State. Carnage has been reported from 75 counties, one counts' 
reporting 75 per cent of the clover killed. Adults are now abun- 
dant. The fangous disease, Frap u s a sp ha e r c so e rma , has destroyed 
about 25 per cent of the insects." 
R. H. Pettit (April 29). "County agent E. L. Olds reports damage 
by this insect from Kalamazoo." 
ff. H. larrimer (Hay 5). "Report received through county agent 
F. L. Simanton of St. Joseph, Michigan, that Fir. Uraphrey failed to 
get control of this insect, which is more abundant than usual on 
both alfalfa and clover at Coloma. 
of lead and black leaf 40." 
He sprayed with both arsenate 
Iowa. 
Mi ssour i. 
Ho E. Jaques (April 22). "Has caused heavy damage to clover in 
southern Iowa. Yesterday I visited a 65-acre field north of Eldon 
where a good, stand, of second year growth had been totally destroyed. 
A cutworm, apparently the striped cutworm, was aiding in the des- 
truction. '" 
Leonard Haseman (April 15). "Reports received from Oakhill and 
H;.llsboro irdicate damage by this insect as more serious than usual- ' 
Communication from a. M. Walker of Laclede, dated May 5, says: 
"Damage is being done to clover by a green worm, probably the clovei- 
leaf weevil." 
MISCELLANEOUS CLOVER AM) ALFALFA INSECTS. 
Northern grass warm (D rasteria erechtea Cramer-) 
New York. E. P. F^lt (May 8). "Mr. W. A. Hoffnan reports that the clover 
semilooper, probably D. erechtea -, was abundant in fields near Albanj 
on May 8. i? 
Delaware. C. 0. Houghton (May 9). "This species was common at Newark during 
the last week in March. The sudden change from warm weather to vei y 
cool weather March 29 and jO (a drop of ebout 60 degrees in 18 hour g.; 
together with snow storms of freezing temperatures on April 9 and 1ft, 
appears to have destroyed a great many of these insects.' 1 
