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About this time numerous lady-beetle larvae were noticed in the fields, 
and by the lj ;■".. of June the aphid infestation had been practically 
cleaned up by them." 
GARDEN 77EBWORM ( loxostege similalis Guen.) 
J. J, Davis (July 20) . "A webworm, apparently Loxostege similalis r has 
just been received from Shipshewana in the extreme northern end of the 
State where it is reported as damaging alfalfa. The same species was 
responsible foi? injury to alfalfa in this locality last year." 
SOYBEANS 
SOYBEAN HOOT CURCULIO ( S±tona crinita Host.) 
J.J.Davis (June 27). "This insect has been reported from Clinton and 
Howard Counties as injuring soybeans. I recall last year having 
received a letter from a correspondent in Clinton County advising 
us that this insect was doing considerable. damage to soybeans. These 
beetles were not recognized when collected* Specimens sent to the 
Bureau of Entomology were determined by Dr. E. A. Schwarz as above, 
with a statement that this is a Common European species and probably a 
rather recent importation." 
A.C.Burrill (June 23) * "Adult beetles resembling the §£1ega8: destroyed 
60 per cent of , the-foliage of soybeans planted in corn fallowing the 
turning under of blue-grass sod. Specimens cf thi3 insect were 
received by Dr, Haseraan from another locality in Missouri doing similar 
damage. This material qas sent to the Bureau of Entomology and vjas 
tentatively determined as Sitona crinita Hbst." 
NOTE: The notes appear5.ng under Clover-Hoot Curculio, Sitona 
hisoidulus Fab. in Volume 2, No. 4, page 115, of the insect Pest Survey 
Bulletin, without a doubt refer to this insect.-J.A.Hyslop. 
GENERAL FEEDER S 
. . .GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
J. J. Davis (July 20). "Grasshoppers have keen reported recently in- 
juring alfalfa in the northern end of the State." 
F.A.Fenton (July 15). "The differential grasshopper, Me lano-plus 
differential's Thod.,has been destructive in Shelby County and the 
two-striped grasshopper, Mslanoplus bivittatus Say, has occasioned 
damage. to crops in the southwestern counties of the State." 
Fred D. Butcher (July 20). "A small outbreak of grasshoppers occurred 
in Page County late in June. They were successfully controlled by 
poisoned bran mash. " 
E. L. Chambers (June 28). '"A vary severs outbreak of grasshoppers is 
under way in Door, Marinette, Forest, Florence, and Oneida Counties. 
The infested area extends farther west than last year, covering 
