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assimilis Fab.) wag responsible f or considerable damage to peaches 
in the northern part of. Sacramento County, Later reports seen 
to indicate that^'the.-' damage.., if .'done" by this insect at all, was 
very nominal and'ha'rdly of" economic importance, 
SPOTTED CAMEL. CRICKET (Ceuthopjiilus maculatus ' Harr.) 
Nebraska M, H, Swehk. '(July l)T ' From ,' Pierce County' comes the report _ of 
a very unusual "abundance of a' Common camel cricket which is 
threatening to do damage to alfalfa fields and pasture lands, 
LUBBER' GRASSHOPPER '( Brachystola magna Gar.) 
Texas J, L. Webb- (July 20'):' 'ph. July 7 0.' G. Babcock reported that 
this large hopper hols been quite numerous for the past' two weeks 
and is quite evenly 'distributed about, San Angelo, Sonora, Menard, 
and Junction, ." '.'_'" - ' 
Louisiana _■ W. E. Hinds (July 25): Lubber grasshoppers are moderately 
abundant on soy'. leans'."' ..''*. ,'' - ' ..;' •. • 
.... , ...... MORMON CRICKET .( Anabrus .simplex Hold.) 
Washington . #; '■. .L. P. Rockwood (July '". '3 );'.... An outbreak of this species near 
( •■/" Page, between, the Northern "Pacific Railroad and Snake River, 
. wag reported .by '.County Agent Ingham, The crickets were seen 
.-;., . June. 27 and '28,..' 0h : the' -latter- date mating was in progress. 
Crickets damaged a strip of winter ''wheat along -one. side of a 
field. 'On June .28 most of then had left wheat but were found 
abundantly in the 'uncultivated rolling hill's, especially where 
sage brush occurred above 1,'000 feet, ''They were broken up into 
■;•• _ scattered groups over a wide area of pasture land. ^ Wheat will 
be harvested .as soon' as weather permit's and further ■ damage this ' 
year, is riot .expected,- 'There is" a considerable acreage of dry- 
land wheat north 'and east of the crickets. This may be damaged 
in other years if the crickets move down into the/farming region, 
Z ",."•'■ • VX ,;■ ; * : ''^.T-'7''. CUTWORMS (Noctuidaej :: ' ' 
Tennessee- •_• ■ '. C. M. Packard. (July. 6) : The variegated cutworm ( Lye op ho tip, 
margaritosa saucja Hon.) is present' In small numbers in every 
• ... armyworm horde observed.. It seems' to have been the species 
responsible for damage to clover fields' attributed to the army- 
worm. It is present by the. millio.n. in a 30-acre field of crimson 
clover hear Belvi'dere, "observed June 5. It caused some injury by 
eating. leaves and stems. The heads were too nearly mature for 
..- i>uch injury. ■ Migration into corn across a lane' wa's' stopped' by 
, •.:/:.;. '".'.',• turning hogs into . the 'lane. Pupae were common June 16, The 
. : . first adult in cages- appeared June 18. .About 90 per cent of 
the worms were parasitized by* tachi'nid's. 
