Iowa. H. E. Jaques (April): Light in scattered counties in the southern 
part of the State, 
Kansas. H. R. Dryson (April 12): Agrotis orthogonia Morr. was reported 
as causing injury to wheat in the~sricinity of Hays, 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (April 25): The pale western cutworm is attacking 
' wheat in Texas and Cimarron Counties. 
C. F. Stiles (May l): The pale western cutworm is generally dis- 
tributed throughout the western half of Beaver and Texas Counties. 
Some fields have been damaged severely. Ini field of l60 acres at 
least ' 60 percent of the wheat has been killed, worms occurring at 
the rote of 6 per linear foot of drill row. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (Aprildl4): A. orthogonia reported from Hansford 
C oun ty . 
Utah. G. F, Knowlton (April 4): Cutworm injury severe in Forth Creek and 
South Creek areas, near Beaver. (April l4): Rather abundant in some 
alfalfa fields and plowed land at North Logan and Providence in Cache 
County. (April 23) : New outbreaks are occurring in alfalfa and wheat 
fields at Fountain G-reen and near Mount Pleasant. (April 24): Abun- 
dant in some home gardens at Logan. 
W. E, Peay (April 26 ): Cutworms are severe on 100 acres of alfalfa 
and grain at Penrose, where they did considerable damage last, year. 
Washington. M. C. Lane (April 3 ): Damage by Abagroti s barnesi Benj. 
serious in several commercial Concord grape vineyards at Kennewick, 
the damage consisting of holes'* in buds. 
Oregon. 3. G. Thompson (April 8): The western army cutworm ( Chori zagroti s 
agrestis Gr n te) infested an area in Harney County containing 5»000 
acres of sagebrush pasture and 800 acres of grain. ' Thirty acres of 
crested wheatgrass was destrcyed, with the heaviest damage occurring 
in ryefields and wheatfields. From 20 to 30 larvae per square foot 
observed in heavier concentrations. 
California. R. E. Campbell (March): Peridroma raargaritasa Haw, collected 
on sugar beets east of 3rawley and on watermelons east of Calexico on 
March 11 and 12, respectively. Feltia annexa Treit. collected on sugar 
beets south of Brawley on March 11. Agrotis ypsilon Rott.' collected 
on sugar beets south of Holtville, and east. of El Centro on March 11. 
L. G. Jones (April 15 ): Specimens of P, marmari to sa and A. ypsilon 
were received from Sacramento, with report that they were damaging 
young alfalfa, flax, and sugar beets. (Det. by J. F. G. Clarke.) 
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