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GENSPuAL PEEDSRS 
GPjIS S EC PPEES ( Ac r i di dao ) 
Michigfiji. S, I, McDaniel (Octolcr 2g): Grassho-Tper eggs arc scarce in 
most sections. Adults of Mclanoalus nexicaims Sauss, p^q still fly- 
ing in the northern part of the Sta.tc, 
PIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assinilis P, ) 
Texas, W. C. Maxviell (October 25)1 Infestation in the vicinity of Robs- 
tovm has continued throughout the month, v/ith rather large numbers 
attracted to lights, 
Vi/EITE GRUBS ( Phy 1 lopha.go, spp, ) 
Connecticut. J, P. Johnson (October 22) J After doing much danr.go during 
the season the larger species of grubs have gone into hibernation, 
being foimd from 4 to 24 inches below the surface. One smaller sp)ecies 
v/as still feeding in the upper 2 inches of soil, but approximately 
onc-tbird of the grubs v/ore from 4 to 6 inches belov; the surface, 
Indiana.. J. J. Davis (October 13 Reported as doing considerable dama.ge 
to pine seedlings in the Pederal-State forest nursery at Washington, 
Illinois. W. P. Plint (October 2^): P, rugosa Molsh, ar.d P. profunda 
Blanch, have destroyed many acres of corn, soybeans, and pasture in 
northern and central Illinois, In a number of cases this damage 
is unusual becauise the eggs wore laid in fields when they were in 
soybeans. In some areas in central Illinois ncarl?/ all the damage 
is confined to fields tha.t were in soybeans in 1940, when the eggs 
of the Brood ^ grubs, v/hich were causing most of the damage, vrere 
laid, P, rugo sa. is the species most abundant in fields that were 
in soybeans in 1940, (Det. by ¥, E, Anderson,) 
VEilTE GRUBS ( Cyclocophala spp,) 
Connecticut. J. P. Jolmson (October 21 ); G, borealis Arrov/ generally in- 
fested and severely damaged 2 a.crcs in a cemetery a.t Davis, 4 acres 
of lo.vm in South llorwalk, and about two— thirds of the faarv;ays and 
rough on an IS— hole golf course in Westport, Daxiage to lavms in 
Pairfield also, 
Indiana.,' P. Luginbill and H, R, Painter (October 24)i imnaculata Oliv, 
has been destructive to lavms at La Payette, 
J, J, Ravis (October 22): Cyclocephala. sp, ha.s been very destructive 
to lai'ms in many sections of the State, 
