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the month, indic~ tin? tliat this insect is "bc^innin'^ fli.gjit 
at this early da'te. 
Arizona 
Kentucky 
AlFALFA CAT.IIRPILIAR ( Su^ryimis eurythene Bdv. ) 
C. D. LelD^rt (March): Fourth instar larvae of the alfalfa 
caterpillar have been found in alfalfa fields. Some adults 
have been noticed, hut they are not numerous as vet. 
CLOVSR ROOT ClIRCUIIO ( Sitona hispidula Pab. ) 
W. A. Price (March 24): The sitona beetle is doing serious 
damage to alfalfa in the vicinity' of Independence. A survey 
of that territory on March 1 showed 3 or 4 beetles to nearly 
every plant. ■ ; 
Washin5:ton 
Mi s sour i 
Hebraslca 
GRASS 
"A NYMPIIAIID 3UTT1??L-Y ( Suphyc.ryas pcrdiccas Edw. ) 
C. W. Getzendaner (Ma-rch 21): Larvae are very abiindant in 
spots on the open prairie,/ .at Grand Mouii'dv'' averaging about 12 
per square foot and running as high as 27 per square foot. 
A CRAITE FLY ( Tipula bicornis Forbes) ■ 
L. Haseman (March 22): Larvae a,b out one- half grown are ■■' 
beginning to attract attention again in central Missouri; they 
are verj'' abund.ant in mea.do.ws., 
A MARCH FLY (Sibio albipcnnis ' Loew) 
M. H. S'.venlc. (March 1 to 20): During the fitst week in March, 
farmers in the Re-^ublicaii- Valley in Webster County fouiid mag-^ots 
of 3. albipenni s very numerous in cornfields, underneath old 
ears of corn lying on the ground, a.nd inquired concerning their 
identitj'-. 
SUGj\RC.\1^E 
SUGARCAMF 30RER ( Piatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
Louisiana E. Hinds (March 24): Adults b^gan emerging by :the middle 
of February .and the first, generation was getting well started 
under abnormallj'" high winter temperatures. On March 9 the 
coldest weather of the winter occurred anT the coldest March 
temperature since 1890, '.vhen 27° F. -was recorded at Uew Orleans. 
This year the minimum ifrcm.poratiirc went to 25° at Baton Rouge 
and through the northern part of the Cane Belt, with freezir-g 
tcmporaturcs throuAout the, Belt. This cold hilled. bac?': to the 
