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that had been injured h^. red spider^; earlier in the year — presumably 

 this species. - .^a^V 



On My. Cunningham's place violets and roses had been injured by 

 this red spider, these plants being in a northerly direction from 

 seriously affected Avater oaks. Acrosf the road from this place is a 

 small piece of cotton which was the most seriously affected of any 

 seen. A field adjoining the yard and west of the house showed no 

 injury. Earlier in the year this region was visited by strong south- 

 erly winds, and it is quite probable that the species living on the 

 shade trees at that time w^ere carried into the cotton fields. 



On Mr. Mitchell's plantation, 2 miles out of town, injury was 

 slight, but the red spiders could be found over a considerable portion 

 of the field. Other cotton fields on this place and between here and 

 Batesburg showed no injury, not a speci^iien being found. Cotton 

 fields in all directions from Batesburg were visited and general con- 

 ditions were the same in all cases. 



Several insects (such as grasshoppers and smaller Hemiptera) 

 Avere found on cotton leaA^es in infested fields Avith young red spiders 

 attached to them. 



From material collected by the Avriter Mr. Nathan Banks deter- 

 mined the species as Tetranychus gloveri Bks. — E. S. G. T. 



SOME SUGAR-CANE INSECTS. 



Anomala semilivida Lee. and Myochroiis denticollis Say Avere found 

 feeding on leaA^es of sugar cane and corn at Berwick, Morgan City, 

 Broussard, Billeaud, and Olivier in April and May, 1904. At Brous- 

 sard they occurred in all the fields visited ; at other places they Avere 

 rare. At BerAvick small red ants were noticed carrying living adults 

 of M. denticollis to their nests. 



LarA^se of the bollAvorm {Heliotliis ohsoleta \ciTmiger~\ Hbn.) Avere 

 found A^ery rarely, feeding on the uj^per unfolded cane leaves in early 

 spring, Avorking dowuAvard from aboA^e. 



The sugar-cane borer {Diatrcea saccharalis Fab.) Avas quite rare in 

 young stalks in the spring, but in the fall some fields of " Trinidad " 

 cane near BerAvick AA^ere quite badly infested. — E. S. G. T. 



SOME OBSERVATIONS ON KANSAS INSECTS. 



We are in receipt of a communication from Mr. F. F. CrcA^ecoeur, 

 Onaga, Kans., in Avhicli he reports a fcAv observations made during 

 1904. 



During the fall he obserA^ed the tAveh^e-spotted cucumber beetle 

 {Diabrotica 12-punctata Ol.) feeding on apples that had been injured 

 by birds or other insects. 



