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EUROPEAIT K-iSV/IGr (F orf icu l a auricular ia L, ) 
Montana. H, B, Mills (August 6): Occurring at State fish hatchery at Lewistown 
and causing light damage* First noticed there 6 years ago. 
Ir1a,ho, J, C, Evonden (August 20): Firmly estahlished throughout the northern 
part of State and is a serious pest, 
J, R. Douglass (August 3) 5 Specimens collected in a tourist i)ark canp 
a,t Tv/in Falls, 
Washington, L, G, Smith (July Jil)l Many observed in eastern counties. Great 
numbers invading gardens and homes in Ellen^burg, Control campaign being 
considered at Pomeroy, 
E, J. Rewcomer (August 19 )j Very common in gardens at Yakima, 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis F. ) 
Michigan, R, Hutson (August 23).' Reported as causing trouble in houses in 
several places in southern Michigan, 
CUTWORMS (Roctuidae) 
Florida. C. S, Rude, et al, (August 3) 5 Ser>iitro]?ical armyv/orm ( Prodenia eridani^i 
Cram.) continues doing considerable damage in Lake and southern M-.rion 
Counties, Ro pupae could be found in one cottonfield, where sma.ll pigs had 
been eating them, 
C, B, V/isecup (August 28); The cold winter appears to have limited 
effectiveness of pa.rasites of P. eridania in the Sanford area, v/here they 
are attacking cov.peas, sweetpotatoes, a.nd careless weed. Many i*;aste areas 
heo.vily infested, so that later broods appear to be a definite menace to 
early fall vegetable crops, 
Washington, L, G. Smith (July 19 )j Cutworms reported as causing severe damage 
to leaves and pods of canning peas in several fields betv/een Satsop and 
ELma, Grays Harbor County, (Julj^- 2j)i Reported as very numerous in 
Snohomish County and a potential threat to crops. Pea vinos examined at 
Stanwood on July 25* One field which had had pea crop taken from it con- 
tained an enormous number of cutworms of all sizes. From I 50 to I 75 Icirvae 
were found in an area 1 foot square, 
Ca,litornia. A, E, Michelbacher (August 26); The yellow— striped armyv/orm (P, 
praofica Grote) was abundant and damaging alfalfa in a few fields in the San 
Joaquin Valley, 
