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GENERAL FEELERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Missouri. L. Haseraan (March 27) t Reports of the presence of considerable 
numbers of nymphs of those grasshoppers which survive in the immature 
stage in east-central Missouri. No checkup made on the condition of 
the overwintered eggs of the destructive species. 
Nevada. G. G. Schweis (March 27 ): Eggs seem to have overwintered well 
but no hatch has occurred. 
Utah. G. F. Xnowlton (March 21): Nymphs of the coral-legged grasshopper 
( Hippiscus corallipcs Hald. ) , found on Promontory Point, averaged a 
little more than -gT inch in body length, and were moderately abundant 
in places on the range. 
C. J. Sorenson (March 13 ) : -Nymphs of H. corallipcs observed on 
range grass in the vicinity of Lehi , Utah County. 
Arizona. R. G. Richmond (March l4) : Grasshoppers wore hatching at Yuma 
on March 4, damaging cantaloup and melon seedlings. 
California. S. Lockwood (March 23): On March 8 and 9 it was observed 
that Mclanoplus mexicanus Sauss. was just starting to hatch in the 
Palo Verde Valley, near Blythe, Eggs more numerous than observed 
during the October egg survey. On March 11 and 12 a survey was made 
in Imperial County and less than 1 percent of the eggs had hatched on 
sandy soil, but no hatch had token place on the heavier ground. 
Average count was 15 per 10 sweeps of a standard insect net. In both 
the Palo Verde Valley and Imperial County, eggs showed the embryo 
vbry far advanced. Eggs of the valley grasshopper ( Ocdalconotus 
enigma Scudd. ) were found to bo much later in development on the wes- 
tern side of the San Joaquin Valley, near Cantua Creek. Eggs seem 
to be fully as common as during the fall survey. Observations on 
March 18 on the eastern side of Stanislaus County, near Le Grand, 
showed the eggs to be much fewer in numbers than during the fall 
survey. All eggs observed were those of the devastating grasshopper 
(M. devastator Scudd.). In Placer County on Larch 20 there was no 
indication of any species having hatched and fewer eggs were found 
than last fall. Some signs of predators having cleaned out some of 
the arjfcas infested with eggs. 
H. J. Ryan (March 19 ): The vagrant grasshopper ( Schistocorca 
vaga Scudd.) was observed on coreopsis at Burbank, Los Angeles County, 
on February 8. (Det. by V. E. Williams.) 
R. G. Richmond (March l4) : Grasshoppers began to .appear in large 
numbers in southern California the first of March. Hatching occurred 
after a short rainy period followed by warm weather. 
