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ouite generally and considerable damage is being done in Chautauqua Count 
Ohio Melvin E„ Wy§cn*t(Jun® 12); Several species of cutworms in northeastern 
Ohio afe destroying thousands of young nursery trees and seedlings and 
perennial plants. One kind is cutting "of f young plants and other kind 
eating off the leaves. 
Michigan Eugenia McDaniel (June 9): Cutworms are about as troublesome as usual. 
They have been reported especially bad near St, Johns which is about 20 
miles north of Lansing, and are working very badly in a I 5 -acre fiint 
field in that district. We are trying cut bait made with arsenate of soda 
in place of white arsenic and thus far the reports have been good. 
R„ H, Pettit (June 2B) : Various kinds cf cutworms at Bast Lansing appear 
to be much worse than usual this year, 
Indiana J„ J. Davis (June 2b): Cutworms were unusually abundant this season, Since 
my last report was sent in especially conspicuous injury has been reportec' 
to garden crops at Mishawaka and Gary; to onions at South Bend, Angola, 
Warsaw, and Albion, to tomato at Michigan City, South Bend, and Brookston; 
to cabbage at Gary and Brookston; to peppermint at South Bend, and to 
corn or as general jpests in several northern Indiana localities. The last 
report came to us June l6 & 
Wisconsin S» B* Bracker (June l6): Report ed from Ashland on gladioli and tomatoes; 
Door ("bad on strawberries' 1 ), Lincoln ("some on asparagtssssi tomatoes" )l 
Pepin ( !i 20 per cent"').-, 
C, L. Fluke (June 9) J Cutworms are working ha-yoc in most sections throug* 
the western side of Wisconsin* 
Minnesota A, G* Buggies (June 17) J Cutworms were more abundant than I have ever 
known them. The species has not yet been determined. One broke cut in 
army form in the western part of the State, destroying flax fields. 
This was Belti a due ens Walker, the dingy cutwerm. 
North Stewart Lockwood (June 21): Nbetnids, as yet not identified, are ex- 
Dakota ceptionally numerous at Mandsn. 
Montana H, A» Cooley (June 7): Serious and extensive outbreaks of C hor igagr ot i s 
a uxiliaris Grote, Porosarrotis orthc.conia L'orr 69 and Pu:;oa n aliinc :j:is 
Sm„ are reported, 
Washington B. L, Webster (May 3^-)* Reports of se-^re damage to alfalfa and to 
potatoes are coming in from Spokane and Stevens Counties. 
GBASSH0BPBB3 (Acridiidae) 
Ohio T, H« Parks (June 26): Young grasshoppers are now very abundant in 
meadows and pastures in south-central counties. Arrangements for 
poisoning are underway 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (June 26): During the second week in June s 
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