CORN 
COB17 EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Pab») 
Florida. 'J. R. Watson (February 20): Corn ear worms are working in beans a little 
on the lower east coast. 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubilg.iis Hbn.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (February 23): Very abundant in New London County; 
many larvae removed from stalks by birds. Moderately abundant in Middlesex 
County; larva survival O.K. in both counties. 
OATS ' 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (February 20): Aeolothrips bicolor Hinds and " Frankliniella 
f&sca Hinds are common on oats. 
CLOVER 
LABY3EETLES (Coccinellidae) 
Oregon. D. C. Mote (February) : B. G-. Thompson reports on January 6 that - 
visited Peterson's Butte, near Corvallis, and found an unusually large cache 
of ladybird beetles. They appeared to be mostly Hipp o dam i a convergens Guer. , 
and seemed to have survived the cold weather in December in fine shape. More 
than 3C0 specimens were examine! and only one was found dead. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (February 21): Ceratomegilla fuscilabris Muls. is appearing 
in student collections in numbers that would indicate it to be quite abundanl 
out 'of doors. 
A LEAFKOPPER ( Agallia sanguinolenta Pro v.) 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (February 23): (Notes from Mr. Conklin, January 16): 
A very warm lay. The leaf hopper Agallia sanguinolenta was found beneath the 
remains of flower plants and appeared quite active when disturbed. 
ALFALFA 
CLOVER LEAF WEEVIL ( Hyp era punctata ' Fab.) 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (February 19): Throughout the winter a ' :'ew 
alfalfa weevil larvae have been collected from time to time at Pleasant 
Niles. However, the larvae of the clover leaf weevil were collected with 
considerable ease, and at the present time they are fairly numerous. 
GRASS 
RANGE CATERPILLAR ( Hemileuca oliviae C 1 . 
New Mexico. 0. L. Barnes, Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Er. tome logy, No. 224 
(December 1932): Range conditions in northeastern New Mexico were poor ov< 
