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Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): A stand of young corn on -a farm at^ 
Toomsuba, Lauderdale County, was ruined in spots by larvae late in 
April, Injury was also reported recently by a grower a't Louisv*i lie, 
Winston County, 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticin'ae)' 
Tennessee*. G. M. Bentley (May): Epitrix ; cucumerls Harr . ,'wa's noted on 
youhg corn at Greenfield, May 3.0. 
Iowa. H. E. Jacques (May 24): Corn flea beetles have been' a severe 
pest in corn in Henry County, making replanting necessary in some fields. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 24): Flea beetles caused considerable injury to 
the leaves of young corn at the agronomy farm at Manhattan. 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Fab.) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 21): The corn ear worm is very abundant but no 
more so than usual. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (May 22): The corn ear worm is moderately abundant 
'at Auburn; adults observed, and larvae seen on young corn. 
SOD WEBWORM ( Crambus sp . ) 
South Carolina. W. C. Net'tleV- (May 24): This insect was injuring corh in 
Chesterfield County and also 'damaging' young' cotton in Oconee County. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (May 28): Sod webuorms are unusually abundant and wide- 
ly distributed. Large numbers of worms have been found in many fields 
in southern Iowa during the past 2 weeks. 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hyp era postica Gyll. ) 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (May"2£>): The alfalfa weevil is very abundant in 
Cache, Box Elder, and Utah Counties. 
Nevada. Geo; G. Schweis (May 28):- On the whole, damage has been less than 
for several years past. However ,' in some section the damage was' severe 
enough to justify control measures. Some airplane dusting was done 
near Reno with good results. 
California, A. E. Michelbacher (May 22): The alfalfa weevil is rather 
difficult to find throughout most of the Tracy area. Only in the region 
about Vernalis could the pest be collected in any numbers. There in 
one field an average of 48 adults and 3 larvae were collected per 100 
sweeps, while in another an average of 29 adults and 2 larvae were taken. 
