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The cotton-caterpillar, or army-worm, (Anomis xylinw,) appeared in 
- Decatur County, Georgia, May 30, along Flint River. They appeared 
about the same time in Jackson and Gadsden Counties, Florida, about 
twenty days earlier than usual. They had also made their appearance 
in Marion County, Mississippi. 1In Atascosa County, Texas, they were 
sweeping the third planting of cotton, the first two planting gs having 
been destroyed by grasshoppers. They had also made their appearance 
in Victoria County. 
The grass army-worm (Leucania unipuncta) was destroying the clover 
in Bedford County, Tennessee. They were also reported in Posey 
County, Indiana, and in Williamson, Edwards, and Perry Counties, 
Hilinois. + 
The apple-tree caterpillar (Clisiocampa) entirely denuded the fruit- 
trees of Gibson County, Tennessee. They were also destructive in 
Union County, Indiana, and Edwards and Wayne Counties, Illinois. In 
Nevada County, California, an undescribed insect inflicted great injury 
upon garden vegetables and fruits, especially grape-vines. It preferred 
to feed upon the young and tender shoots, but did not slight the older 
ones. 
The grub-worm (Lachnosterna fusca Ge.) was also injurious to various. 
crops in Humphreys County, Tennessee. 
In Rapides Parish, Louisiana, cotton is reported as covered with 
Aphides. 
In Franklin County, Ohio, apple-orchards, within a few days, have 
been attacked by a black or dark brown worm, 12 inches Jong, the de- 
scription of which is too meager to identify it. It appears by millions, 
stripping the trees of both fruit and foliage. They have lately attacked 
also the ‘forest: trees. They have been observed for two or three years 
past, but the number has enormously increased. Inevery case in which 
hogs have been turned into the orchard this insect has disappeared. It 
is possible that this may be a Clisio campa, of which one species, C. syl- 
vatica, attacks forest-trees, and another species, C. disstria, fruit-trees, &e. 
Potato-bugs are numerous in West Virginia and States further West. 
Though our reporters are not always careful to distinguish them, it is 
pretty evident, however, that in most, if not all, cases the Colorado 
potato-beetle (Doryphora decem-lineata) is meant. The counties in which 
this insect has been observed the present season are the following: 
Jackson and Pleasants, West Virginia; Highland, Licking, Wyandot, 
Lueas, and Adams, Ohio; Van Buren, Michigan; Marion and Wells, 
Indiana; and Putnam, Illinois. Newspapers published in Northern 
Ohio state that on the 22d of May several immense swarms of Colorado 
beetles passed through the town of Chasden westward, and that their 
ravages were very serious. In Adams County, Ohio, the lady-bug 
(Coccinella) was present in great numbers, devouring the eggs of the 
Colorado beetle. Specimens of the latter insect have been received 
from Michigan, infested with small parasitic mites, a species of the 
Uropoda. 
in Braxton County, West Virginia, the borer (geri ia [ Trochilium| 
exitiosa) killed some peach-trees. In Union County, Indiana, forest-trees . 
have been damaged by measuring or Span worms. In Nez Percé County, 
Idaho, crickets were destructive of grain crops along the rivers. 
