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e have been heavy showers practically every day for the first two noEhP in 
1 fhe has hampered field work at the station. 
C. F. TURNER. 
NEWS ITEMS FROM CHARLESTON (MO. ) FIELD STATION. 
in June 24, 19167> ae 
faniklinella fuscus is again abundant in alfalfa and doing marked damage 
but this section of Missouri. 
hoppers are more numerous at present than during the past 3 years. 
tes on the date cf @ppearance of adults of Colaspis brunneus from other 
Of the country are desired. 
; EK. H. GIBSON. 
July 19; 1916. 
ce % deus citri Asha. (Heteroptera) has been un 2usaily abundant during the past » 
Sates throughout southern Missouri and has been a decided pest in many alfalfa 
ie fields. ‘The brachyptercus females seem to be much shorter lived than the 
6d females. - 
des of experiments are being carried on in which gelatine ano ad filled 
@rbon. bisulphid are placed about the roots of corn plants infested with Horis-_ 
WS whleri. When the capsule collapses the. fumes of the carbon bisulphid 
the soil which in character is very light and sandy. 
1 reports received from a number of localities in the Central States it 
S that leafhoppers are extremely abundant this summer in meadow and pasture 
y The species principally involved are Deltocephalus nigrifrons Forbes and. 
Wla 6-notvata Fallen. E. H. GIBSON. 
NEWS ITEMS FROM FOREST GROVE (OREGON) FIELD STATION. 
July 19, 1916. 
The first individuals of the second brood of Dasyneura leguminicola, adults, 
l in the fields around Forest Grove July 8 this year. They are still coming 
M considerable numbers July 19. These conditions obtain in red clover fields in 
Wthe hay crop was cut subsequent to June 15. In fields which were pastured 
by until early June or where the crop was cut by June 10, there is a very small 
b 0: midge infestation this season. 
wing probably to the increased acreage of clover in Oregon this year, the clover 
orer, Hylastinus obscurus, appears less abundant than in former seasons. By 
of flight screens it was found that these insects migrates frem old to new fields 
@ spring and carly summer. Some were found to fly as high as 50 feet, which was 
Meht of our tallest screen. At this writing the new generation of Ree borers 
dn the fields as nearly full grown larvae. 
sones hispidulus is abundant in the clover fields of the Pacific Northwest 
son. The new generation is now in the pupal stage. Recent observations lead 
lieve that this insect is responsible for much injury to vetch, tm the 
notte Valley this summer. 
is acrosiphum pisi is numerous in many of the red clover fields of the 
stie. Valley at this time. 
Hessian fly has beon present in the wheat fields of the Willamette Valley in 
s numbers to work considerable injury this season, Although found working 
y around Vancouver, Wash., the past two seasons. This insect has been 
ly scarce in Oregon. G. W. CREEL. 
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