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GENERAL fEIBEES 
■ .....^GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) • ■ 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 23): First eggs of the lubberly locust ( Romalea 
microptera Beauv. ) began hatching' in Alachua County on March l4, How 
* mostly in the second instar -and eggs still hatching. 
Missouri. L. Has’ eman (March 10^: A high- percentage of eggs overwintering in 
good shape and in those counties where fall egg -surveys showed high counts 
h heavy hatch is expected this summer . \ 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex Hald. ) - 
Washington. R. A. Roberts (March 24): Mormon crickets hatching ’on March 21 at 
Pasco, Franklin County. < 
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Oregon. R. A. Roberts (March 24): Mormon cricket hatching on March 10 at Warm 
Springs, Jefferson County. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Fprf icula auricular ia L. ) 
Washington. E. W. Jones (March lg): Overwintered adults began to emerge from 
soil at Walla Walla during the week ended on March lg. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp. ) 
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Kentucky. W. A. Price (March 24); Surveys in the bluegrass region of Kentucky 
- show that a heavy' flight of May beetles will occur this spring. Principal 
4 species involved are P, hirticula Knoch, P. b ipartita Horn, P. inversa 
Horn, P. fraterna Harr., P. futilis Lee. . P. fus ca Froel,, and P. trist is S 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (March 27) i June beetles . observed flying since about 
March l6 and in much greater numbers sincP March’ 24. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 24): White grubs fairly abundant on March 22 and 
now working their way gradually to the surface of the ground. ’ 
Oklahoma., F. A. Fenton (March -24): The outbreak of wheat white grub (P. lan- 
ceolata Say) has .apparently subsided; localized infestation being found 
only near Okeene, Blaine County. 
Texas. M, J. Janes (March 24); Observed on February 17 as causing severe damage 
to strawberries pointed on land broken from sod the previous season in 
Galveston County. .• 
Utah, G. F. Knowlton (March 3)* Sugar beet stands severely damaged by white 
grubs in several fields at Wellington, Carbon County, in 1938. 
