INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 18 September 1, 193S No. 7 
the more important records for august 
The grasshopper situation remained unchanged daring August. Severe 
damage was done in a number of places in the Plains States, and heavy migra- 
tions into the Red River Valley of North Dakota may lead to trouble in that 
region next years. 
Heavy damage to sod and pastures by white grubs was reported from 
northern New England and New York. These insects are reported from Virginia 
and Tennessee attacking strawberries. 
The Japanese beetle was excessively abundant at a number of points 
in the regions that had become infested within the last few years. 
The Asiatic garden beetle attracted considerable attention in the 
vicinity of the District of Columbia. 
An introduced weevil, Calomycterus setarius Roelofs, was reported for 
the first time from Massachusetts during the month. It has also been 
found in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 
Serious armyworm damage was reported from New England, the Middle 
Atlantic States, southward to Virginia, and also from Minnesota, Oklahoma, 
and Texas. 
The fall armyworm became troublesome in the corn cannery sections 
of Maine, and a heavy infestation of this insect occurred in Maryland in 
the vicinity of Washington, D. C, whore it was damaging corn. Similar 
reports of damago to corn were received from Virginia, North Carolina, 
Georgia, and the Gulf region, with scattered infestations reported from 
Indiana southward through Missouri and Kansas to Texas. 
The corn ear worm is more generally distributed in Maine than it has 
been for many years. Otherwise this insect is about normally abundant 
throughout the greater part of the country, although rather heavy outbreaks 
on both corn and cotton are reported from the Gulf region. 
Serious damage by second-brood European corn borer is expected in 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Indiana. Unusu- 
ally large numbers of eggs were observed during August. In the latter State 
this insect occasioned commercial damage for the first time since it has 
been kown to occur in that State. 
