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were received from Wathena, without any information as to their 
abundance, 
OICriDA (Species undetermined) 
R„ 17, Haegele (June 10): Cicadas of an undetermined species 
-vere collected from sage brush 20 miles west of Roger son. It v i 
a cool cloudy day and the cicadas were not at all active so that 
I could pick them from the s^gc brush at will. There were literally 
thousands of them and I picked as many as 50 from an ordinary 
sage less than k feet high and 3 feet across. The ground was 
punctured full of holes where they had come out and the sage brush 
was full of empty pupal cases. They were noticed from this point 
to 25 miles north and very likely could have been found over a 
much larger area. This is a rolling plateau region covered with a 
heavy stand of pure sage and the altitude is from 5,5CO to 6,000 
feet. 
wHITE GRUBS ( Fhylloohaga spp.) 
J. J. Davis (June 26): May beetles were unusually abundant in the 
nop them half of Indiana, especially in the northwestern quarter. 
In some localities, as at Rochester and VTinamac, trees were defoliated, 
SPRUCE SA.7FLY ( Neodi prion abietis Harr. ) 
E« ?. Felt (June 28): Fir sawfly larvae, Fs cci prion abietis Harr., 
are unusual Jry abundant and may prove somewhat destructive to hard 
pines west of Albany. 
BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
C. E. Mickel (June 17) : Blister beetles are very numerous in the 
western and southern parts of the State and many complaints are 
being received of injury to hedges by them. 
I IT SECTS a T T 2 G K I N & C- REE IT HOUSE 
AND ORNAMENTAL ? L A N T S 
ROSE 
UNICORN CATERPILLAR ( Schizura uni cornis S. & A.) 
R» YT. Harned (June 21): Two complaints have been received in 
regard to Schizura unico rnis on rosebushes. One complaint came from 
Moss Point, on June 10, and the other from Winona, on June 12. 
ROSS CHAFER ( Macrodactylu s sv'ospin osus Fab.) 
ssachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 22): The rose chafer has not as yet made its 
appearance. This is later than any date of its appearance since 
1920. 
