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from attack. The same day Rev. M. Eells, Union, Mason County, 
Wash., stated that this species, locally known as the "army worm," 
had, within two weeks, appeared there in great numbers and "seemed 
to be taking- everything-." Its appearance was noticed for the first 
time in the history of that region. Next day Mr. S. M. Pressey, 
Deer Harbor, San Juan County, Wash., sent larvae, with the report 
that they were very numerous and were eating and destroying- every- 
thing green on his and neighboring farms. The larvse devoured all 
kinds of fruit on the trees, also the leaves, and in some cases attacked 
the bark. They crawled into houses and wells, and "almost every- 
where." Orchards were overrun with them as by a plague. July 28 
Mr. E. E. Hogbery wrote that this species was playing havoc with 
potatoes and garden stuff in his section, Fishhawk, Oreg. The cut- 
worms were described as being so thick on the ground in some places 
that our correspondent killed them under foot with every step he took. 
He believed that they would eventually attack everything green, and 
their presence was alarming the community greatly. 
August 6 we received word from Mr. R. A. Easton, Dora, Oreg., 
that this insect was doing serious damage to crops in Coos County. 
Potatoes, tops and tubers, were eaten, as also other vegetables and 
clover. The same day we received from Mr. Richard C. Willis, Olga, 
San Juan County, Wash., a communication in regard to this insect. 
It had appeared there in great numbers and was eating up almost 
everything in the truck line. A locality known as East Sound was 
also invaded. August 9 Mr. Maise wrote that in that vicinity the 
damage was greatest in pastures and to potatoes, beets, and cabbage. 
In some localities the cutworms were troublesome on fruit trees, eat- 
ing the fruit and cutting the bark around grafts. They were noticed 
traveling at night, and early in the morning dropped down on the 
ground and hid themselves away from view. 
In a letter dated August 14, with accompanying specimens mostly 
in the pupal condition, Mr. Willis reported that the larvse were mating 
all kinds of garden stuff — potatoes, tomatoes, beans, peas, beets, car- 
rots, corn, cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, and onions, leaving only pars- 
nip and squash. At the time of this writing the}^ were busy upon 
field peas, potatoes, and clover, and were damaging prune, apple, and 
other fruit trees in spite of applications of tarred paper and bands of 
wool and cotton batting. They worked only at night, and when feed- 
ing could be heard at some little distance. On the 22d we received 
from Mr. J. A. McDonald a communication dated July 29 complain- 
ing of this species at Requa, Cal. The insect was stated to have made 
its first appearance that summer in that part of the country. The 
caterpillars fed on nearly everything, including fruit trees, of which 
they devoured both foliage and fruit. After eating potato vines they 
devoured the potatoes. In fields infested by them the ground was 
