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SR/SS 
GR/SSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Texas M. C. Tanquary (Hay 14): Correspondence indicates the possibility 
of a heavy outbreak of grasshoppers in Coleman County this spring. 
Montana Stewart Lockwood (Kay 2l): The County /gent of Cascade County re- 
ports a heavy outbreak. Probably Helanoolus atlanis and bivittatus . 
TWO- STRIPED GRASSHOPPER ( Helanoolus bivittatus Say) 
Montana Stewart Lockwood (May 17): Numerous young grasshoppers are now hatch- 
ing in sod land and alfalfa fields, with many more to come. In sere 
places 40 pods of eggs to the square foot are found. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phylioohaga spp.) 
Iowa C. N. Ainslie (May 17): Half-grown larvae of Lachnosterna are very 
plentiful in top soil at Sioux City. /dults of Lachnosterna 
implicita Horn are taken in large numbers after the plow and in 
gardens at Sioux City. Lachnosterna rugosa Kelgfe. is present but 
not so numerous as L. implicita . 
Nov/ York Roy Latham (May l): The first date of swarming is May 1 at Orient, 
with the weather cool and dry. Abundance is normal as compared with 
an average year. 
L. J. Jones (May l) : Adults are not -yet numerous at Bainbridge. 
They are not as numerous as previously. The weather is cold and wet. 
BILLBUGS ( Sphenonhorus spp.) 
Missouri A. F. Satterthwait and assistants (May 14): Billbug eggs, of at 
least two species, were found as follows: Hay 7, Pacific, Franklin 
County; May 8, Valley Park, St. Louis County; May 14, Webster Groves. 
(Say 15): April 25 a heavy billbug infestation in an old timothy 
meadow at Creve Ccectr showed 94 per cent Sphenoohorus destructor 
Chitt., 3 per cent t> arvulus Gyll., 2 per cent zeae Walsh., ana 1 per 
cent yen at us Say, all adults, the total specimens taken being 107. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
/.PPLE 
GREEN /,PPLE APHID ( ;phis porri DeG.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 22): Northeastern Essex County reports indicate 
tnat the green apple aphid is not very abundant and is not causing 
any serious alarm; in Middlesex County it is present in normal abund- 
ance; Worcester County reports state that it is fairly abundant, and 
slightly worse thanlast year. In the southern half of the county 
very few aphids have been found, particularly in the well-cared-f or 
