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Washington, L. G, Smith (May 5): M» mexicanus in the third, instar observed on 
May 3 near Tiger, Pend Oreille County, Population about 1 to 10 per square 
yard, and probably one of the first hatches of 1939* Reported'fron Adams and 
Lincoln Counties on April 27 * from Garfield County on April 29; aid from 
Whitman County on May 1, (May 12): -M. mexicanus observed in the first to 
fourth instars around Richland, Benton County, in small numbers attacking 
pasture land. (May 23): M. femur- rub run found hatching from 5^0 to 600 per 
square yard in a -ij-acre lot in West Ellens burg, Kittitas County. Average from 
20 to .200 per square yard in other lots and in the first to third instars. 
M, mexicanus were hatching 50 to 60 per square yard in alfalfa near Goldendale, 
Klickitat County, on May 17, and from 4o to 50 P er square .yard in oheat 
bordering wheat and barley fields in the Goodnoe Hills. Some in the third in- 
star, Grasshoppers observed in .the first, second, and third instars on May 
13 in scab-land grass at the edge of alfalfa near Amber, Spokane County, • 
and found 20 ,to 30 per square yard in the third and fourth instars on May 15 
in the edge of a wheatfield near Gardena, Walla Walla County. 
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California. L. A. Burtch (May 9)* Unusually early hatch and intensity of infesta- 
tion of the valley hopper Qedaleonotus enigma Scudd. necessitated intensive 
control measures in Kern County* Infestation heaviest ever seen by the writer. 
Considerable damage done to crops bordering grasslands, extending for a mile or 
two. Heavy infestations have occurred in the foothills east of Dolano, McFar- 
land, Eanosa, Lerdo, around the Edison orange groves and potato fields, and 
through the Arvin and Commanche Point sections, where there were the greatest 
losses and heaviest infestation in the county. Grasslands infested from the 
edge of the cultivated fields' clear back to the mountains. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus s implex Hald. ) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (May 12): Damage to wheat and range grasses reported 
from Walworth County. Population built up during the last 10 years until now 
there is the largest population in the State ever observed. 
Utah. _C. J. Sorenson (May 2l): Very abundant in southern Tooele County; beyond 
expectations based on egg survey of last fall. 
Nevada, G. G. Schweis (May 19): Hatch normal for this area, and control operations 
now being carried on in Elko, Humboldt, Eureka, Lander, and Pershing Counties, 
COULEE CRICKET ( Peranabrus scabr-icollis Thos.) 
Washington. L. G. Smith (May 12): Reported as abundant and localized in the 
Nospelem area, Okanogan County; in the third,: fourth and fifth -ins tars'. Con- 
trol operations under way, 
EUROPEAN EARWIG (Eorficula auricularia L ) 
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Idaho. ^ W, E. Shull (May 5): Populations greatly increasing and area of infesta- 
tion spreading in Latah County. Gardens attacked but damage not oxtensivo, 
Utah. 'G. F. Kn owl ton (April 29): Hatching during the last. few days at Farmington. 
All young found still in the. nest. Adults abundant. (Mhy 17)* One-hundred 
female Bigonichaeta setipennls Fall, shipped from Puyallup, Wash., on May 15 
and released for control at Farmington on May l6. Found present near resi- 
