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worms were not visible on the surface of the ground, but burrowing a couple of 
inches deep I found them in some places very thick, in other places scarce. Mr. 
Lamon stated that a few days before they were observed in great numbers crawling 
on the surface. The worms entered the field from an alfalfa field on the south line 
of the wheat field. In this field the alfalfa maintained a very poor, thin growth, 
and the same cutworms were found working in it. Went to next farm south, where 
there was a large field of alfalfa about 1 mile from the first field. Here the worms 
were much thicker in the alfalfa than in the first field mentioned. Here, also, they 
were to be found just below the surface of the ground at the base of the alfalfa 
stems. Found many worms under cattle chips and other refuse. The worms evi- 
dently originated in the alfalfa and proceeded to the wheat. Visited four or five 
alfalfa fields around Jewell City, east and north, and found the cutworms in every 
field. 
My son brought a large number of the worms to our laboratory, and 
in due time an Agrotis moth, which proved upon comparison with 
specimens iu the Agricultural Department at Washington to be Agro- 
tis introferens Gr. I was informed by Mr. Theo. Pergande that spec- 
imens of this moth had been received by him in 1893 from Stillwater, 
Okla., and from Lucerne, Kans., but no information had been received 
with reference to the habits of the larvse. Making several trips to 
different points in central and western Kansas during the month of 
May I found the moths of this Agrotis exceedingly abundant, gather- 
ing about the electric and other lights at night and almost darkening 
the windows of barns and other outhouses. This invasion of central 
and western Kansas by an Agrotis, which, during twenty years of dili- 
gent collecting in Kansas, had never obtained an entrance into my cab- 
inet, was certainly rather remarkable. 
Mr. Smith reported that the noctuid larva referred to by Mr. Snow 
had been, on the authority of Mr. Gillette, very abundant in Colorado; 
and Mr. Howard referred also to its occurrence in enormous numbers in 
Nebraska, where the alarm created by it had not been due to the 
larvae, but to the presence of enormous swarms of the moths. 
On motion, the following committee was appointed by the President 
to nominate officers for the ensuing year: Messrs. Lintner, Ashmead, 
and Hopkins. 
Mr. F. W. Bane, of Morgantown, W. Va., was proposed for active 
membership by Mr. Hopkins, and duly elected. 
