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States. Other species involved in the cutworm troubles of this year v.- ere 
Agrotis ypsilon Rott. , A. c-nigrum L. , -A, uni color Walk. , Barathra configu- 
rata Walk. , Chorizagrotis auxiliaris Gro.te, Euxoa sp. , Nephelodes ejmedo- 
nia Cram,, Polia renigera Steph. , Prodenia ornithogalli Ghieri. , and Feltia 
gladiaria Morr. The outbreaks in the West Central States rere particularly 
serious, as they immediately preceded the very serious grasshopper invasion 
in this- general region. 
7/HITE GRUBS 
. The first adult June beetles ( Phyllophaga spp.) reported by our col- 
laborators rere observed on April 14 in west-central Illinois. During the 
latter. half of April reports of damage were received from South Dakota 
southward to, Kansas and Missouri. On April 23 very heavy flights of the 
beetles were observed in Louisiana. Damage to pecan foliage by the feed- 
ing of the beetles was reported by the middle of the month from Mississippi. 
During the latter half of May many complaints of damage, particularly to 
sod and tobacco, were received from Connecticut and Massachusetts. During 
the last week of the month heavy flights of beetles were observed'Ih Penn- 
sylvania. Throughout the entire month the beetles were observed in the 
South Atlantic States, in noticeable numbers. In the East Central States 
many.. complaints .were .received, and by the end of May these insects were 
attracting major attention by feeding on the leaves of fruit trees -and or- 
namentals. ■• In. the. West -Central States the main brood of adults is due to 
appear in 1932..--. Despite this fact, very heavy flights were observed in' 
1931 from the middle of April on. It was estimated that as high as 40,000 
adults per acre were present in pastures in the generally infested' terri- 
tory of southwestern Wisconsin. Heavy flights of beetles were reported 
from the .East Central, West Central, and North Central -States during June. 
The roots, of azalea bushes at Mobile » Ala. , -were eaten away by the grubs 
during the summer. Damage to seedlings of pine ras reported from nurseries 
at Sumter, S. C*'»:,. and at the State nurseries in Nsrfft ^"Carolina. 
WJRSEORMS . 
The warm spell in February resulted in bringing wi reforms into activity 
in Kansas. By mid-April the sand wireworm ( Horistonotus uhleri Horn) was 
observed' to be active in southwestern South Carolina, and by late May this 
insect was damaging cotton and corn in that region. In the New England and 
Middle Atlantic States, from Maine and Vermont southward through New York 
to Maryland, the v.heat wireworm ( Agriotes mancus Say) and another species, 
Pheletes a ; :onus Say, were reported during late May and early June damaging 
potatoes, seedling melons, corn, and several other crops. During May re- 
ports of damage to recently set tobacco plants and seedling melons by the. 
wireworm Monocreoidius vespertinus Say were received from North Carolina. 
Throughout late April, May, and early June reports of wireworm injury oc- 
casioned by several species of v.ireworms, among which might be mentioned 
Mclanptus spp. , Monocrcpidius auritus Hbst., Aeolus dorsalis Say, and 
Agriotes mancus Say, were quite general over the East Central and North 
Central States, with scattered reports of wireworm damage from the Rocky 
Mountain, Great Basin, and Southern States. 
