Kansas H R Bryson (August 25) : State as a whole remarkably free from 
K serious grasper Injury^ In Clay, Riley, Cloud, and Jewell Counties. 
north-central Kansas, several cornfields have been damaged noticeably 
by grasshoppers but most of the fields are weedy. 
Colorado. C. R. Jones (August 1): In most places the adult stage end the 
migratory forms can be seen in the air during the day. 
Montana. H. B. Mills' (August 20): A large migration of M. mexicpnus 
invaded the eastern part of the State from the southeast on July 1. 
In the area bounded by Blaine, Petroleum, Musselshell, Treasure, Rose- 
bud, and Powder River Counties, numbers of eggs now being laid in areas 
which were relatively free from hoppers prior to the migration. 
M. differontialis noted to be abundant and injurious along the Yellow- 
stone Valley, from Sidney to Miles City. Brachystola magna Gir. and 
Dae tylo turn pic turn Thos. reported from Valley County. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (August 22) : Control measures giving very good re- 
sults in most cases. Farmers generally are applying them vigorously 
to save their alfalfa-seed and hay* crops. M. mcx icanus , M. femur- rub rum , 
M. packardii Scudd. , and M, bivittatus are the species most commonly 
present in injurious numbers. Migrations from range to crop land 
somewhat later than usual this year owing to forage remaining green 
longer than usual on the range. Sarcophaga kellyi Aid. noted on 
August 1 as abundant and parasitizing grasshoppers in large numbers 
at Wilson's Mesa, Grand County. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex Hald.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 23): Infestation at Oshkosh, Garden County, 
continued to be commented on as late as the middle of August. 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (August 22): Scattered bands of varying sizes are 
ovipositing in the following areas: Juab County — West Tintio ' 
Mountains, west of Eureka; Millard County — Canyon Mountains, north- 
west of Scipio; Tooele County— Boulter Pass, Lofgrecn, and Benmore 
districts and Hickman, Canyon district. A few scattered bands appeared 
in grainfields on August 6. In Sanpete County, northwestern Fountain 
Green area, there are a few crickets in alfalfa fields, also in the 
foothills and mountains to the westward. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis F.) 
North Dakota. J. A, Munro (August 27): Abundant and causing severe 
injury to flax, alfalfa, and other crops in Richland County, south- 
eastern North Dakota. Heavy damage done to some fields of alfalfa, 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August S) : On Long Island 
the variegated cutworm ( Lycophotia margaritos a saucia Kbn.) , recently 
very abundant in some potato fields, has been almost eliminated 
because of parisitization by tachinid flies. 
