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Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (May 20): Grasshoppers are "being reported in large 
numbers throughout the northern and western sections of the State. Osage 
and Comanche Counties report that they are three times as numerous as 
they were in 1936. At present they are quite small and a number of 
species are involved. 
Texas. R. R. Reppert (May. 26): Cottle, Dallam, Gray, Hamilton, Hardeman, 
Lipscomh, Throckmorton, and Wheeler Counties are reporting heavy infesta- 
tions of grasshoppers. 
Montana. H. B. Mills (May 20): Hoppers are now hatching throughout the State. 
They are extremely abundant but infestations are spotted. Some are in 
the third instar. 
Idaho. J. R. Douglass (May 8): Young grasshoppers were observed in the foot- 
hills of the Snake River plains of south-central Idaho. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (May 8): Nymphs are becoming moderately abundant in 
some fields in northern Utah. (May 17): They are damaging young beets 
at Provo, Utah County, and are especially abundant in alfalfa west of 
Kaysville, Davis County. One winged adult, Trimerotropu s vinculata 
Scudd. , was observed at Farmington, Davis County. 
Nevada. G. G. Schweis (May 25): Grasshoppers have been reported from Lyon 
and Washoe Counties in destructive numbers and control campaigns are 
being inaugurated. 
California. S. Lockwood (May 10): Grasshoppers in San Luis Obispo County 
range from the first nymphal instar to adults. The outbreak is not as 
serious as that of 2 years ago. Grasshoppers are appearing in great num- 
bers in Imperial County. (May 25) J M. mexicanus is more than ordinarily 
abundant in the Imperial Valley. Most of them are adults or are in the 
fifth instar. Mating has not been observed. Alfalfa, melons, and other 
vegetable crops are being considerably damaged. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex Hald. ) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (May 2l): Mormon crickets have been reported as 
very abundant in Mellette and Lyman Counties. If these crickets become 
seriously harmful in South Dakota this year, it will be for the first 
time. Heretofore, the crickets were regarded chiefly as a curiosity. 
Montana. H. B. Mills (May 20): Mormon crickets are worse this year than ever 
before. They cover considerable territory in a triangular area extending 
from Madison and Powder River Counties on the south to Kill and Glacier 
Counties on the north. 
Wyoming. C. L. Corkins (April 28): Hatching was reported in the Crooked 
Creek area in northern Big Horn County on April 5« Dusting operations 
were started in this district April 19. On April 27 the crickets were in 
the second instar and were severely damaging alfalfa fields. April 27 the 
hatch was out over all the lowlands in Sheridan County and covers all of 
