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deer, and the herds of buffalo. This change has not, perhaps, greatly 

 affected the insect's food supply. 



Migrations will occur in the future as they have in the past, 

 but we do not anticipate that the insects will become more numerous, 

 and there appears to be little danger that the}' will become an unbear- 

 able pest in the near future. 



The migration of last summer was, perhaps, chiefl}^ due to the 

 unusual climatic conditions of the preceding winter. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES FROM TEXAS. 



By A. F. CoNRADi, VoUcf/c tStation, Tex. 



With the present interest aroused in entomological work in Texas 

 mau}^ varied problems confront the entomologist. Xo attempt Aviil 

 be made here to review tlie work for the 3'ear, as it will be elaborately 

 discussed elsewhere in a short time. 



Under date of November 20, E picauta pennsylvanica DeG. was 

 reported to injure onions in southern Texas by eating oft' the tops 

 near the ground. The injuries this season were not serious, on 

 account of the small numbers of the insect, but they give ground for 

 apprehension in case the pest l^e numerous another year. 



Oiicideres cingulata Say has attracted considerable attention, es- 

 pecially during Xovember. Its Avork is well known, although its 

 life history has not been worked out in Texas. Near Independence 

 it attacked pear and rose, doing serious damage. Experiments 

 with trap lights were made here with ap])arenth' good resnlts, for 

 many beetles were thus captured. In this locality it injured apple, 

 peach, and persinunon. Near Manor it injured rosebushes, salt cedar, 

 haclcberrv, elm, ])ecan, and cotton. Near Bellville the ])ear was the 

 chief object of attack. Picking the fallen limbs was a remedy used 

 this season. 



The San Jose scale {Aspidiotiis perniehsus Comst.) is at present 

 definitely known in eight different localities in Texas, rej^resenting 

 almost every section of the well-settled portions of the State. AA'ith 

 the rapid growth of the State in fruit growing and Avith no inspec- 

 tion laws, it will be but a short time before this will become oiie of 

 the most important of its many insect problems. 



The sweet-potato weevil {Cylm _j^ormicarms Fab.) is seriously 

 threatening the SAveet-potato industry in several localities. It was 

 first reported in Texas in October, 1890, by T. H. Edwards, Bay View, 

 Harris County. The same year the sweet-|)otato crops around Buras, 

 La., Avere reported a failure, OAving to this insect. At this Avriting, 

 it is knoAvn in this State from Bee Caves, Hankamer, Pasadena, Cedar 



