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G-EAS SHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Arizona Arizona Hews Letter (July 31): Grasshoppers were found to have 
injured citrus trees during July, Cases were observed where the 
major part of the foliage had "been eaten away by the grasshoppers. 
In several instances the t' T igs and branches were girdled by the 
eating habits of the hoppers, 
CICADA (Species undetermined) 
Arizona Arizona News Letter (July 31): Cicadas injured a number of new- 
ly set citrus trees in a number of plantings in the Salt River 
Valley, The injury is caused by the female cicada in the act of 
depositing eggs in the young tender twigs. Sometimes the twig 
growth is entirely killed but more often iS so weakened that it 
easily breaks at the point of injury. 
