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assumed originally. The, centers of devastation are around 
Chiapas and Vera Cruz. -'The Mayor of Simojevel, Chiapas, reports 
that the road "between this locality and the village kno^n as ITew, 
district of Simojevel ,is infested "by a srarr. of grasshoppers ^hich 
extends over an area of J>0 hectares in a mountainous section ""here 
it is very difficult to combat the pest. The Hay or of Micapa, 
Chiapas, states ths t his municipality has "been invaded- "by a • 
s^arm of grasshoppers extending over four miles and in some 
settlements' have left not a single plant uneaten. They have 
eaten up everything, even the roofs of the huts of the natives, 
"daich are thatched ^ith forest leoves. The consternation of the 
natives has no precedent, and they ask for immediate help. The 
comnissionaries of the State have already started a formal 
campaign to check the list.. The chief of the Campeche zone reports 
that a srrarm of rra stoppers has settled do r /n in Hecelchhakan on 
a hillside in the immediate vicinity of the Bla.nca ?lor estate, 
•in the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz /rail that measures have been 
taken to combat the nest there. He states- that he has sent a "box 
of ar as shopper's "hich are infected rrith p.rasites knoa'n among the 
natives' as "Tromhi 1 io. ;| ! This shi^ Teat of infected grasshoppers 
is looked for ^ith great interest, as a natter of special study, 
'SOUTHERN LUBB3R GRASSHOPPER ( Romadea microptera Beauv.) 
Mississippi R. 7, Harned Upril 22); Mr. Troy Thompson of the U. S» Bureau of 
Entomoloay rath hendqu rters at Y7aveland, 1'ississio^i, ""rites that 
• '.' . he observe* the Southern Lubb-er grasshopper on ^pril l6 for the 
first time in 1925* In regard- to these insects he '-rites as 
folio's: "On the lbth mhen'returnina from Picayune, I noticed 
just north of Bayou L^croix Something in the road that gave the 
impression of miniature negro soldiers in a 'fan 1 formation 
denloyel from the ~rass at the side of the roar! and after a 
careful examination I found them to be ycunr nymphs of Roma lea 
~i crontera . Incidentally this is my first observance of these 
grasshoppers for the year 19^5* I noticed this formation at 
several places alon? the rood for 2 distance of a -half mile, rind 
all of the movements ^ere from the east to "'est." 
MGEtMOH CRICK2T ( anabrus si-^olex Hald. ) 
Wyoming C. P. .Corkins (j,pril lS): ?or the first time in the history of 
A-aricplture in Preront County, this pest has hatched out on the 
farm lands. Heretofore they have been a menace only on the ranae 
in the mountains. Poisoning operations are nor in progress. They 
are not doing d. ama re as yet.. 
WHIT3 GRUBS ( Phyllnphaaa spp. ) 
Indiana J« J. Davis (^pril 2}): During the past fen months many inquiries 
have been receive 1 relative to mhite .-rubs. Althouah not a great 
many renorts --ere received 1- st year the renorts not7 coining in, 
telling of conditions 1st year, sho"' that this insect '"as quite 
generally destructive in the State. 
