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fields* 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 24): Adults of wheat white grub (P. lanceolata 
Soy) were abundant on lead plant ( Amorpha cancscens ) from .June 6 to 
July IS. Many of the plants at Manhattan were defoliated. Increase 
in number of beetles on prairies in the vicinity of Manhattan has 
been more marked than ever before, according to collection records. 
A SCARA3AEID ( .Qyclocephala borealis Arrow) 
Connecticut. E. P. Pelt (June ZJ>)l Reported as troublesome in lawns in 
the Danbury area. 
Virginia. M. P. Jones (June 30)s Thousands of beetles were observed hovering 
over lawns at Arlington, soon after dusk on the night of June 24, most 
of them being within 2 feet of the ground. On June 26, just before 
dusk? they were observed swarming over lawns so thickly that, by 
swinging an open hand once, one could catch three or four beetles. 
Many on the ground were mating. (Det. by E. A. Chapin#) 
GREEE JURE BEETLE ( Cot inis nitida L.) 
Virginia. C. H. Hadley (July 9): Beetles swarming over la\m at a country 
club at Arlington© 
A. M 0 Woodside (July 24): Very common in codling moth bait 
during last 2 weeks in Augusta County. 
traps 
Pennsylvania. T. L. Guyton (July 10): Numerous on lawn on Route 1, 
Gettysburg. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (july 24); Adults received from several counties of 
southern Ohio, where they are reported as laying eggs in lawns. 
JAPANESE BEETLE (Pouillia japonica Newm.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (July 24): Adults first reported on Juno 29 at" 
White River Junction, Windsor County, in the eastern part of the State. 
Moderately abundant on July 22, 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23 ): Reported as unusually abundant in 
mid-June and early July in points in the city of Northampton on the 
west bank of the Connecticut River, and later specimens have been 
obtained from the town of Hadley just east of the Northampton 
infestation. . ; • 
Connecticut. J. P. Johnson (July 22): More numerous and widespread than 
in previous years. Defoliation is increasing. 
Rhode Island. B. Eddy (July 5 )* Spreading to new areas and abnormally 
heavy in old areas around Providence. 
