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BEET WEBWOEM ( Loxostege stictisalis L» ) 
North Dakota. P. G. Butcher (June 25) ! Very abundant the last 2 weeks. 
Indications are that large numbers Of larval forms may soon be 
anticipated. 
Utah. G. F, Knowlton (June 7)j Moths -raoderhtely abundant at lights at 
Vernal, Less abundant in light-trap catches at Logan than during the 
. same time in 1939 » 
Washington. -D.- D. Jackson (June 12); Eeported as attacking truck crops, 
sweetclbver. and peas with -severe damage in some localities. Larvae 
Bating large quantities at present, 
GABDEN WEBWOEM ( Loxostege similalis Guen. ) 
Texas, A, Kagan (June 8); Larvae collected on June 5 cotton at Waco, 
. (.Det, by 0. Heinrich,) «' •' " 
MAY BEETLES ( Phyllophaga spp, ) 
New York, N».Y. State Coll, Agr, News Letter (June 3)» Extensive flights 
already seen in Clinton, Erie, Essex, Oswego, Jefferson, Lewis, 
Schuyler, Wayne, Monroe, Steuben, Tompkins, Cortland, • and Ulster 
Counties, 
Pennsylvania, A, B; Champlain (June ll): tristis F, reported in swarms 
on chestnut oak at Kutstown in eastern Pennsylvania, 
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Ohio, T. H. Parks (June 18); Heavy defoliation of oaks has occurred 
throughout central and eastern Ohio, Oaks standing -in • or joining blue- 
grass pastures are. most seriously injured. Beetles disappeared about 
June 15, 
Michigan, R, Hutson (June 22); White grubs in strawberries reported from 
Montrose, Detroit, and Flint, and in corn from Caledonia, 
Wisconsin, - T, R. Chamberlin, et al. (May); Adults of the ”C’' brood in 
^ southern Wisconsin are most abund^t in Iowa, Lafayette, and the eastern 
.part of Grant Counties, with some overlapping in nearby areas. In 
.this flighty, hirticula Knoch has been the predominant species. 
Study of the beetle flight has been handicapped this season, however, 
by frequent heavy rains, most of which have been followed by cool 
weather. For this reason^, fusca Froel,, which emerges earlier in the 
season and.at lo:wer temperatures than P, hirticula , has been more 
nimerous in most of the collection, despite the fact that P. ' hirticula 
is known to be much more abundant in the soil. Apparently, therefore, 
the period of maximum flight has not yet arrived. 
