- 254 - 
TEXAS 
o - ■ 
This is the second, year in which collections were nr.de in Texas dur- 
ing the adult survey. There w*. re 1,235 specimens collected in 6 different 
environments in which 54 species were represented. Most of these collections 
were made outside of the Pi ssosteira longi pennis area proper and, coupled with 
the difficulty in collecting this species where it was not numerous, it is not 
represented in its true relative numbers in the data recorded here. In the 
collections the dominant species' by far was Mclanoplu s dif f crontiali s , at 27 
percent of the toted number collected, Chortophaga vi ridifasciata was -second 
at 9 percent, and Syr hula admirahilis was third, at 8 percent. It should he 
noted that common species like Mclanoplus nexicanus , M, femur- ruhrun , and 
M. bivittatus , do not show up in nearly the relative numbers that they do in 
the more northern States. 
Hatching began in the latter part of March and, as in other States, 
was retarded and prolonged throughout April and May by cold and rainy weather, 
_D. longipcnni s began to hatch about May 5 in the Panhandle counties and all 
were adult about July 1, Heavy migrations of D. longipcnni s occurred and 
spread the infestation over all or parts of 16 counties. Egg deposition 
was heavy in spots and the outlook for next year is worse than it was for 
1938. 
