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doches, Washington, Marion, Red River, Upshur, Shelby, and Cherokee. 
In Matagorda it was found that Paris green was successful, but in wet « 
seasons the poison must be applied every time the worm hatches. In. 
Arkansas three counties—Union, Columbia, and Clark—record the pres- 
ence of these pests. : 
Boll-iworms (Heliothis armigera) were very destructive in Chesterfield 
County, South Carolina, and are reported in Upson, McDuffie, Butts, 
Twiggs, Baldwin, and Heard Counties, Georgia. In Green and Hale 
Counties, Alabama, they were very mischievous, with a light visitation 
in Geneva. In Lee County, Mississippi, they were observed only on low, 
rich lands; they were troublesome in Pike and Wilkinson. They were 
very bad in Morehouse and Bossier parishes, Louisiana. In Titus 
County, Texas, they cut down the crop twenty per cent., and were more 
or less destructive in Rush, Upshur, Shelby, and Cherokee. They were 
also heard from in Clark County, Arkansas. 
Grasshoppers, (Caloptenus sp.)—These insects were destructive in 
Bandera County, Texas, and in Uvalde, where their ravages were es- 
pecially noticeable in wheat and oats. In Bradley County, Tennessee, 
they were bad in corn; in Hancock they destroyed the turnip-crops. 
-They were observed *in the growiig wheat in Livingston County, Ken- 
tucky. In Medina County, Ohio, they injured tobacco; in Geauga and 
Mahoning, corn and oats; in Crawford they nearly ruined clover. They 
were abundant in Orange and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, and in Win- 
nebago and Edwards Counties, Illinois. -They were destrustive on 
crops generally in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and especially affected 
Chinese sugar-cane in Martin. Iowa reports them only in Sioux County. 
In Missouri they shortened the cabbage’ and turnip crops of Clay 
County; in Montgomery and Franklin they were destructive in the 
growing wheat; in Pettis they destroyed fall pastures. They swept 
the buckwheat-crop in Osage County, Kansas, and were observed in the 
cereal crops in Smith County, as well as in Weld County, Colorado, 
and Lewis and Clark County, Montana. 
Potato insects.—Both the Colorado beetle, (Doryphora decem-lineata,) 
and the common black potato-bug, (Hpicauta (atrata) pennsylvanica,) 
have been heard from in the Middle and Western States. In Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania, the bugs followed the gathered crop into 
the cellar, and also ‘fell upon the tomatoes. They swept late plant- 
ings in Armstrong, Indiana, and Butler Counties ; the Early Rose and 
other early varieties matured before their advent. The same is reported 
of Fentress County, Tennessee ; bugs are reported also in Dickson and 
in Tyler, Brooke, iayette, and Pleasants Counties, West Virginia. They 
were encountered in Mahoning, Geauga, Erie, and Crawford Counties, 
Ohio. In Clinton County, Michigan, they were less troublesome than 
last year, while in Calhoun they were successfully resisted with Paris 
green. Their ravages were more or less serious in Boone County, Tli- 
nois, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, in Ramsey and Nicollet Counties, 
. Minnesota, in Muscatine County, Lowa, in Washington County, Kansas, 
and in Madison County, Nebraska. 
Chinch-bugs (Micropus (Rhyparochromus) leucopterus) are reported in 
Adams County, Ohio, and in Ripley and Scott Counties, Indiana, where 
they ravaged wheat, oats, and corn. They were also virulent in Clin- 
ton, Edwards, Washington, Pope, and Boone Counties, Illinois, and in 
Polk, Lawrence, Pulaski, and Phelps Counties, Missouri. In Labette 
County, Kansas, it is estimated that but for these insects the enormous 
wheat-crop woulda have reached another quarter million of bushels. 
