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GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
North Carolina Z. r. ifetcalf (July 21): Very abundant c vor the State, 
sspocially on tobacco. 
North Dakota J. A. bfunro (July 22): Mr, E, Shotv/ell, in a letter dated 
•July IS, reported that grasshoppers were very late in putting 
in their appe r . ce in the vicinities of Dickinson and Beach 
this year, the >eak ox hatching being reached the first week 
in July. He states that they are very thick along the edges 
of wheat and flax fields but that their prevalence will not 
mean a wholesale, destruction of crops, although it '"ill pro- 
bably mean a loss of from 10 to 50 ier cent in some places. 
hr. Bruce, at Sheldon, reports that hulai io jIus rivittatus Say, 
M. femur- rub rum L ";-. , and &. at Ian is Riley were present in 
outbreak numbers in his vicinity. 
South Dakota .0. Severin (July 20): Reports oi damage to alfalfa, 
chiefly, are just beginning to come in, especially from Ly- 
n, 3 rule-, and Pennington Counties. 
Nebraska U. .' . Swenk (June 15-July 15): Grasshoppers continued to 
be troublesome Luring the period here covered. They had 
hatched out plentifully in Deuel County and by June 19 were 
causing many complaints. During the second week in July many 
growers in Lancaster County, especially north end east of 
Lincoln, complain acC of injury to vegetables and .flower gardens. 
Kansas J. \7. McColloch (July 28):. Injury is being done to garden 
crops at Fenokee. 
Texas F. L. Thomas and assistants (June 26): Grasshoppers have 
been reported from San Jacinto, Milam, Bosque, Jones, Archer, 
McCullough, Kendall, and Tom Green Counties recently. 
Wyoming H. L. Sweetman (July 17): hoderately abundant -in unirrigated 
crops . 
he-; Mexico J. E.Eyer (June 23): A severe outbreak of grasshoppers has 
been reported by G. A. Trotter at Zuni . 
EASTEBH LUBBER GRASSHOEPSR (homo lea mi c root era Beauv. ) 
Alabama h ?. Loding (July 15): This insect has been and is still 
doing great damage to vegetation near Mobile. I have rarely 
seen it more plentiful. 
Louisiana 2. „. i inds (July 23): The. eastern lubber grasshopper is 
moderately abundant in tee vicinity of Baton Rouge. 
