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adults. So far they have nie found most abundant in the preen leaf 
Gesettos of mullein, fall asters, and other perennial broad-leafed 
plants; in clunps of ehctiy or Andropogon; and under wocd debris 
along hedgerows and in opan woods. ~ The bugs were oresent in such 
Situations by the hundreds, but very few were round in blucgrass sod 
ur afiong dead or loosely growing plants. In one insteace a closely 
Brazed open woods, with no cornfield within 500 yerds, was found to 
contain an abundance of adults hibernating under chips, chunks, and 
dimbs lying on the ground. Thousands of bugs were’ located next to 
the ground under one chunk about the size of a helf-bushel measure. 
Old cornstalks scattered svarsely in fields adjacent t » this year's 
Corn also contained: considerable numbers:\of hibeimating adults. It 
is notable that most of the above-mentioned situations apoesred to 
be unfavorable to effective burning late in the fall or early in the 
Winter because of the. green, succulent condition of the plants or 
because of insufficient plant debris to carry a fire. 
Heavy local infestations of renge crane fly rayz-ots s likely in in 
Februery 1934.--il. B. Cartwright, Sacramento, Calif. reports that 
the period cof normal emergonce cof.adults of Ti,ula sim viex Doane in 
the upper San Joaquin Valley is from February 21 to March 14. In 
Seasons having high temperatures and excessive rains’ in Novemoer and 
warmer than nurmal periods.in December and January they emerge fron 
February 7 to 21. A dry November followed by nicrmal or excessive 
rains in December is a forerunner of an emersence from March 1 to 14, 
or 2 weeks later when there has been a cold season at the end of the 
year. Oviposition was heavy in the spring of 1933.--As-a dry, warn 
November has just passed, heavy, spotted infestasions in the range 
lands are expected in February. Last spring adults were most numer- 
ous in the coastal range, especially on the eastern side. ~ An 
emergence of adults in March 1934 is wuredicted. 
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Wheat varieties susceptible to strawworm in Califurnia.--Mr. 
Cartwr right also states that in a test of 31 wieat sie ala >0S0, 
Peliss, Mediterranean, and illini indicated tpi susceptibility in 
1932, but lest their rating in 1953 and were net of interest. The 
1933 tests were represented by. the commonly grown varieties Acme, | 
Pacific Bluestém, Early Baart, .Dawson, Federation , hittle Club, and 
Turkey. Infestations of 100 percent were noted in Prolibition, 
Kawvale, Kanred, and Velvetnode, with intensities siightly greater 
than 2 strawworms for a productive culn, which represented hirh sus- 
Cceptibility. Varieties of iow susceptibility, Sy comparison, ex- 
hibited a 40 nercent infestation and 1 strawworm per infested culm. 
The wheat varieties tested ranged from moderate to high suscepti- 
bility; none were immune and only a few ay oroached Low suscepti- 
bility. Bunyiy rated lowest susceptibility in the 1935 tests. 

