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ALFALF A 
ALFALFA T7EE.VIL ( Hypora postioa Gyll,.) . 
California. A. E. Michelbacher (August 13)?:, Ie the- San Joaquin .Valley on 
August 11 the highest average number 01 larvae collected to the 100 
sweeps of on insect net was 23, while the adult count was 17. At 
Pleasanton no larvae or adults were collected while in the San Francis- 
co Bay area .the highest larval c<~>unt, to the 100 sweeps was 28. 
POTATO LEAFHOPPER ( Empoasca faba e Karr. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (August 12): The County agent of Guernsey County 
reports sever*.- damage to alfalfa. Entire fields have- "been ruined. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 23) ' The past 2 months have witnessed one of 
the most destructive attacks on alfalfa that we have observed since our 
earliest records over 20 years ago. The infestation was general through- 
out the State. 'The observat ions reported last month indicated much 
greater injury in the southern half of the State, 
Kentucky. M. . L. Didlake (August 2*0 : - Destructive to alfalfa in central and 
western Kentucky. 
ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Eurymus ourytheme Bdv. ) 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (August 13): In the Salt River Valley near Phoenix, 
Mesa, and Gilb- rtthere has boon severe injury to alfalfa by the -.alfalfa 
caterpillar. Some fields in the Mesa-Gilbert area are almost- completely 
defoliated. Thousands of the- butterflies have been seen in the valley. 
Every tourist coming through the valley is carrying a display on the 
radiator of his motor car. 
PLANT BUGS ( Lygus sop.) . . 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (August 22): L. elisus Van D. one L. elisus hesperus 
Knight are very abundant in alfalfa fields throughout the Stated 
VETCH 
VETCH BRUCHID ( Bruchus brachial is Fahraeus) . 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (August 23): A serious infestation of vetch 
seed reported from York County (central), a new county in our list for 
the insect. 
SUGA RCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER (Di-vtraea saccharalis F. ) 
Louisiana. 3. A. Osterberger and A. L. Dugas (August 20): .Infestation in 
the Teche section of the sugar belt in southern Louisiana is light with 
the exception of a few isolated heavily infested areas. Many of the 
' -,3 collected were heavily parasitized with Tr ichogrommU BR ARY 
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