Field observations on the yellow clover aphid were made in southern California during the past year to determine the status of the predators that attack the aphid and the presence or absence of internal parasites. No internal parasites were found.

S. E. Flanders, Professor of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, is making the field observations in ltaly and France.

Robert van den Bosch, Assistant Entomologist in Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, is conducting the search for parasites in the Near East countries.