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arts of the state. 
(Signed) R. N. Wilson. 
NOTES FROM COLUMBIA (S. C.) FIELD STATION. 
nee” August 19, 1916. 
Ghinch bugs have been reported as injuring corn in the "black jack" lands of 
ss » Lignosellus is common on cow peas in fields around Columbia, S. C. 
‘The larger corn stalk-borer are abundant in corn in this region. They have 
j@ been reported as destructive in fields at Rock Hill, S. Cc. A Tachinid deter- 
5 by Mr. Walton as Tachinophyto variabilis has been reared from a larva 
_ near this station. This is the first time a tachinid parasite has been 
red from this species at this station. 
i. H. Beyer has just returned from Gray, Ga., and reports Tal eipes citri as 
4 considerable damage to alfalfa. 
' U. C. Loftin of the Southern Field Crops Division stationed at New Orleans 
» and who has been making an investigational trip through the Carolinas aan 
s office a call. 
On the evening of August 30 the city of Columbia and suburbs were visited by 
riads of leafhoppers belonging to the species Draeculacephala reticulata, 
Se "hoppers" were so abundant on the main thoroughfare in the city as to. cause 
Y much annoyance to pedestrians. Offices, restaurants, icecream parlors and 
Ving-picture houses were infested some of which were forced to close up for the 
. A band that was Oe a on the top of an eleven-story building was compelled 
uit for the evening. On the following night the leafhoppers were again present 
% n small numbers. 
z (Signed) P. Luginbill. 
NEWS ITEMS FROM SALT LAKE CITY (UTAH) FIELD STATION. 
MK Sept. 21, 1926, 
a The work at the Salt Lake Station has bee ined to the study of the 
fa ulfa weevil, . some peuenenoy which has paid to Euxoa auxilaris, a 
rious menace to grain and forage crops in the Rocky Mountain Region, and some in- 
igation of Aphis bakeri whic wh damages the clover seed crop and'makes it dif- 
% to harvest by reason of the honey-dew with which it coats the heads. The 
economic importance of the alfalfa weevil and the fact that it is a new pest 
merican agriculture compel us to concentrate our efforts largely upon it to the 
sion 6f many other species which are equally interesting but comparatively un- 
tant. Much time is devoted to the oecology of the species, which after nearly 
years of investigation is still far from being completely settled. A certain 
im of time must be spent each year in tracing the annual spread and unfortunately, 
8 work must be done at the time when control methods are being tried out, which 
Bcates the managément of the work. Hitherto it has been impossible to survey 
i border of the infested district oftener than once in two years. The field work 
th control methods, while perhaps no more important than the scouting, is neverthe- 
SS of more immediate practical value and naturally has the right of way. 
The introduction of European parasites, which was begun by Mr. Fiske and 
athusiastically adopted by Professor Webster, seems to be on the verge of yielding 
@ practical results provided thse parasites continue to increase in numbers at the 
t@ which has prevailed since 1912, As many as twenty-five percent of the alfalfa 
