INSSCT FSST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 5 May 1, 1925 No. 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR APRIL, 1925 
Luring the past month the outstanding entomological feature was the decided 
advance of the season in the Mew England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, and 
Gulf States, and the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. In New England the 
entomological season is about t-o weeks in advance of normal. 
The outbreak of the army cutworm rapidly progressed in the Rocky Mountain 
foothills region, extending from northern Texas across western Oklahoma, Kansas, 
and Nebraska, and into eastern Colorado and Wyoming. 
Me are advised through Dr. Herrera of a terrific outbreak of grasshoppers 
in the States of Chiapas .ahdi Verar.CTuZv'' to the southern boundary of the State of 
San Luis Potosi, hex. 
The chinch -bug situation on the "hole remains favorable. But little damage 
is anticipated in the Ohio River basin and the only reports of damage ^re coming 
from northern Mississippi. 
Kessian-fly emergence has so far been slight and protracted over Indiana, 
Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota. The situation as a whole is not 
generally serious . 
The green -bug situation is generally favorable over the entire belt. 
A new pest, Tosastes cine rase ens Pierce, is reported as attacking alfalfa in 
eastern Oregon. This is undoubtedly a native weevil turning its attention to cul- 
tivated crops. 
Aphids on apples hatched considerably earlier than usual over most of New 
England, where they are also reported as more numerous.. An abundance of aphid 
eggs is also reported from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri. On the other hand, 
Illinois anticipates but little damage from these pests, as abnormally small num- 
bers are now present. 
Codling-moth adults emerged ten days earlier than usual in central Illinois 
and three ~eeks earlier than usual at Benton vi lie, Ark, Similar records of early 
emergence are received from central Missouri. 
The plum- cur cul io situation in the peach belt of Georgia is serious. The 
beetles are just putting in an appearance in the orchards of southern Illinois. 
The weevil Glyntoscelis souamulata Cr. , first reported as a pest in the Sur- 
vey Bulletin of May, 1922 (Volume 2, No. 2, page 50), where it was reported as dam- 
aging grapes, in southern Nevada, is no" T reported for the second time as attacking 
grapes this time in the Coachella Valley in southern California. 
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