OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF MARCH AND AFRIT. 
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The most serious situation reported during the past two months 
is the widespread and sevore infestation by Chinch Bug in the 
Central Mississippi Valley Region, starting in northern Texas 
and extending in a northeasterly direction over Oklahoma, Kansas, 
and Missouri, touching Nebraska and extending across Illinois 
and Indiana into Michigan. 
The Hessian Fly situation is reported as serious in Indiana, Ohio, 
and Missouri, about normal in Illinois and Nebraska and slight in 
Kansas/, 
A serious Green Bug outbreak started early in the spring in Texas, 
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, but parasites and adverse weathor 
conditions reduced the infestation to such an extent that the moat 
recent advices report the wheat out of further danger/. 
A very extensive Jointworm outbreak is eminent in Missouri. If favor- 
able conditions prenail enough Jointworm adults will emerge for 
the second brood to completely destroy the crop in certain sections/. 
The worst infestation of alfalfa by Pea Aphid in the history of the 
State is reported from CkStahoma. The situation is also very serious 
in Kansas and is much worse than usual in Missouri and Illinois. 
Clover Leaf Weevil is decidedly on the increase in destructiveness 
in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri and this pest in conjunction with 
the Lesser Vlover Leaf Weevil and the Clover Root Corculio , sometimes 
accompanied with a fungus disease is becoming so serious in parts of 
Ohio that alsike and sweet clover are being substituted for red 
clover, it being impossible to grow the latter carop sucessfully. 
A bad outbreak of the Fruit Tree Leaf Roller in the Bitter Root 
Valley of Montana; Pear Psylla reported as decidedly more serious 
than last year in the fruit growing sections of Mew York and a 
general increase of Grape Leaf Hopper in the Great Lakes grape growing 
region of Michigan are thd outstanding features reported on Fruit 
Insect Pests. 
A very severe outbreak of Seed Corn Maggot accompanied by a Fusarium 
rot in seed potatoes is prevalent along the south central Atlantic 
seabord extending from North Carolina to the Eastern Shore of 
Maryland and practically covering the important early potato regions 
of these States. 
The Mexican Bean Beetle situation which developed to such a serious 
extent in Alabama last year, now threatens Georgia and Tennessee. 
A very high percentage of the fall brood of beetles having sucess- 
fully passed the winter. 
