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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 24): Egg population in general is about 15 
percent less than a year ago, hut conditions over the State are very 
spotted. Except for a few areas, eggs are reduced in southeastern, 
southwestern, and central Nebraska, hut in the Panhandle region of western 
Nebraska they are markedly increased, owing to invasions of Melanoplus 
mexicanus Sauss. late last season. In northeastern Nebraska some counties 
show reductions, others show increases. The two-striped grasshopper (M. 
bivittatus Say) remains generally distributed over the State, the most 
concentrated population being in the eastern half, especially in the Platte 
and Elkhorn Valleys. The red-legged grasshopper (M. femur-rubrum Deg.) re- 
mains generally distributed in alfalfa fields over the State. The differ- 
ential grasshopper (M. differential is Thos.) increased in 1933 over 1937, 
especially in the lower Platte Valley and parts of northeastern Nebraska. 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae) 
Nebraska. M* H. Swenk (February 24): Reports of wireworms ( Melanotus sp. ) re- 
ceived from Keyapaha County on February 8 and from Pawnee County on 
February 11. 
California. M. W. Stone (February 20): Adult males of the sugar beet wire- 
■worm ( Limonius calif ornicus Mann.) began emerging in laboratory cages at 
Alhambra on January 23, and females began to emerge on January 27. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Fprf icula auricularia L. ) 
California. A. E. Michelbncher (February 2c): Believed to be more abundant at 
Berkeley than during the last 2 years. Eggs found on January 1 and many 
young present now. 
WEEVILS (Curculionidae) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (February 24): A few adult weevils have been more or 
less active at Experiment, central Georgia, as follows: Pachylobius sp. on 
February 20; Piss odes sp. on February l4; and Hyper a sp. on February 13. 
A SCARABAEID ( Aphodius distinctus Mull.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 24): On November 8, 1938, numbers of this 
beetle in Thurston County caused inquiries as to its identity. 
MOTHS (Noctuidae) 
Georgia. T. L. Bis sell (February 24); 'One moth, Caenurgia crassiuscula Haw,,‘ 
was taken at a light at Griffin, central Georgia, on February 8, and 
several moths of Plathypena scabra F. were taken from February 9 to 15. 
