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further decreasing the numbers of the insect, under these peculiar 
conditions, by destroying as much of the volunteer wheat as possible, 
is self-evident. In the laboratory flies emerged between October 18 
and 30 from infested stubble collected at Halls, Ga. (approximately 
34° 20’ north latitude; elevation 790 feet). In a season of normal 
rainfall we anticipate that the date of emergence will be several 
days earlier. 
Diatrea saccharalis Fab., after having remained in the background 
for several years, came prominently to the front near Hawkinsville 
during early summer, and did considerable damage to corn over a 
small area. Ligyrus rugiceps Lec. appeared as a destructive enemy 
to corn near Canton, in the northern part of the State. 
Oe WDE obsoletus Germ., known locally as the “ Lincoln 
bug,” has become a rather serious pest to collards in middle Georgia. 
Among the interesting cases in which a species rapidly disappears 
or becomes greatly depleted in numbers we may record the case of 
Toumeyella turgida Ckll., which in 1900 was so abundant upon J/ag- 
nolia glauca and fuscata at Thomasville as to thoroughky incrust 
these trees and kill a considerable number of them. During 1903 
and 1904 it has been practically impossible to find even isolated 
individuals of this scale in that locality. So far as known to the 
writers no systematic treatment toward eradicating the pest has been 
undertaken and parasitic insects were not noted in greater numbers 
than are usually found upon other scale insects. 
During July Dr. John B. Smith, who was paying an entomological 
visit to Georgia, found the larve of A’phestia eee Zell. feed- 
ing in cotton-seed meal. 
eee tityus Linn. caused considerable annoyance at Washing-. 
ton, Ga., by its abundance upon ash trees. 
urine late summer and autumn the larve of Anésota senatoria 
S. & A. occurred very generally upon oak throughout the northern 
part of the State. While the damage, both in cities and in the native 
forests, was not excessive, still a great many trees were partially or 
totally defoliated. 
Observations made upon the life history of J/elittia satyriniformis 
Hiibn. show the supposition made by Professor Quaintance in 1899, 
that this insect 1s double-brooded in Georgia,¢ to be correct. In cen- 
tral Georgia the second brood of adults emerged between July 1 and 
15, 1904, with a few belated individuals coming out after the latter 
date. Individuals may be found in the pupal stage during a period 
of from three to four weeks. 
Omorgus (Campoplex) frumentarius Rond. has been reared from 
a@Ga. Exp. Sta. Bul. No. 45. 
