aa 
in the field of the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna corrupta Mulse)e 
Records of the first appearance of the Mexican bean beetle in the field 
in the’Norfolk area for the years 1929 to 1934, inclusive, are as fol- 
lows: - ’ ae 
1929, Mey 6 
; 1940, May 1 
; 1931, May 6 
1932, May A 
15555 “Aprile 
1944, April 2 
The bean beetle population. has increased considerably in the Nor- 
folk area in the past few seasons and it is probable that the beetle 
was found earlier in the field during the pest two seasons because in- 
crease in abundance made it easier to find the first adult. 
Karly maturity of wild host plant-will- probably reduce lime bean 
pod borer in California.--Rodney Cecil, of the Ventura, Calif,, labora- 
tory, reports that Lupinus sueculentus, the most important wild host of 
the lima bean pod borer (Etiella zinckenella Treite.) matur¢d more rapid~ 
ly than usual this season owing to high temperature and low humidity. 
The rapid maturity of this plant prevents the maturing of pod borer lar- 
vae and will probably reduct the number of adult pod borers that will 
eventually migrate to the bean fields. The cultivated host plants, con- 
sisting of various varieties of lima beans, were all planted in Aprile 
In the course of making extensive collections of L. succulentus, no 
mature pod borer larvae have been founde 

Wisconsin pea crop imperiled by conditions favoring pea aphid.-- 
J. KE. Dudley, of the Madison, Wis., laboratory, reports that an excep= 
tionally early spring with high temperatures end drought, resulted in 
the early appearance of the péa aphid (Illinoia pisi Kalt.). Aphids 
hatching from winter eggs are very few and none of these are wingede 
Nevertheless, thousands of winged aphids are found daily in alfalfa, 
end it seems certain that ‘the mjority of them have-flown up from far- 
ther south on the steady, gentle, southerly winds. Canning peas only 
2 or 4 inches high in several fields near Madison are generally in« 
fested with winged aphids which are already reproducinge Lf ooo 
weather or copious rains, or both, do not soon occur, there is every 
prospect that the peas will be severely damaged, as they will not be 
able to outgrow the injurye 
Usefulness of field roller or drag in pea weevil controle+-That a 
flat-surfaced type of field-roller or a: drag may be used-effectively 
as a supplementary control measure for the pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum 
Le) has been indicated in a recent report by F. Ge Hinman, of the 
Corvallis, Orege, laboratory. In a series of experimental tests with 
Austrian winter peas, wherein weevil~-infested peas were placed on the 
soil surface and then pressed into the soil, it was determined that the 
resulting weevil mortality was approximtely two and one half times that 
