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ae ace abundant in Pane all alfalfa and clover fields. There is practically no 
$e corn, in this section, for them to attack. The true army worm Heliophila uni- 
_puncta,. has been present since early summer but at no time in destructive numbers. 
ae Meadows and.pasture lands in southwestern Missouri have been damaged considera- 
| bly this year by flea-beetles, undetermined as yet. 
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‘Yhe past season has been remarkable for the scare 
insects attacking cereal and forage crops in our terri 
| The Hessian fly was very destructive last fall and this arene and the stalk 
borer (Papaipema nitela) was very numerous. The corn root aphis (Aphis maidi- 
-radicis) and the western corn root worm (Diabrotica longicornus) were injuri- 
“ous in a few localities and especially in southern Indiana, and all instances where 
injury was observed. the corn had been planted on corn ground. The flea hopper 
| (Halticus citri) was injurious to lawns at Lafayette and also did considerable 
damage to vegetable crops but its presence in injurious numbers was not observed in 
“the field. The injury to timothy by white ants (Leucotermes flavipes) was com- 
| mon along roadsides in southern Indiana and Illinois but we have observed no serious 
injuries in timothy fields by this insect, which may be accounted for by the dis- 
turbance of colonies through rotation while timothy and grass usually grows undis-~ 
| turbed along roadsides for many years in succession. White ant injuries may be dis- 
tinguished from Sphenophorus injury, which is also common bordering roadsides in 
southern Indiana and Illinois, by the fact that the termites completely hollow the 
| bulb leaving @ very thin shell thereby killing the plant, while Sphenophorus 
larvae, as a rule, fill their burrows with frass and much less frequently kili the 

[Signed] J. J. Davis. 
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NEWS ITEMS FROM THE TEMPE (ARIZ.) FIRLD STATION. 
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Ds The threé-cornercd alfalfa hopper (Stieteeephais, featinna) is exceedingly 
| numerous this season upon alfalfa, Bermu q ther grasses. Several thousan 
“specimens of this aa wave bsen sent to Philip Luginbill at Columbia, 5. C., 
[who is making a study of the structural characteristics o 
| spraying experiments are to be undertaken about the firs+ 
“towards their control. If any of the men of the other fiel 
“suggestions to make, wo should be glad to receive then. 
irae Colaspis brunnea is exceedingly numerous in the Salt River Valley, a: 
adults aré injuring fruit trees, such as plums and apricots. Tho study of this 
beetle is being undertaken by Mr. Hogg. 
 Bruchophagus funebris has been quite injurious to the growing of 
seed; Bey about half as much séed was harvested this year as las 
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