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F^LL ARMYWORM ( Lawhy-rca frmgiwerda S. & A. ) 
Virginia Herbert Spencer (September 25): We have hail considerable trouble 
in the trucking sections of Virginia during '••he weeks of Septemoer 
8 and. 15 with fall aimyworms , . but to date the amount of damage is 
noticeably less than in the similar outbreak last year. Corn has 
been ragged on a few farms, ketle has grown too large to be seriously 
damaged, but spinach, which i^ just coming through the ground, is 
showing considerable injury. f'Brcn bait is being used extensively, 
and. with success except on zh<3 spinach. With this crop heavy dust- 
ing with arsenicals is giving -better results. 
CUTWORMS Hftoctuidae) 
Virginia Herbert Spencer (September 9)4 1 wish to report at this time an 
outbreak of cutworms on kale, ^ettuce, and parsley. The stand in 
certain areas has be3n injured to such an extent that replanting ^.il 
will be ^ecessary. 
BLISTER-BEETLES (Meloidae ) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (September 3): Si is ter- beetles were the subject of 
several cases of complaint. Vhe gray blister-beetle, Bpicauta 
c inerea Porst . , was reported injuring potatoes, tomatoes, beans, 
cucumbers, and other -garden plants in Sherman and Furnas Counties; 
that species and E. Icmniscr tl Tab. "ere reported as together in- 
jurious in Hitchcock County; slid in Sioux County a case was report- 
ed where the blister-beetle lytta geneipei anis completely stripped 
the lilac bushes and injured the leaves of the ash trees. 
Utah C-so. ?. Siowlton (September 5): Blister-beetles are again numer- 
ous in a few fields west of Smithfield and in Farmington. 
BED SPIDERS ( Tetraaychu s spp. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (September 22): Red spiders are very abundant through- 
out the State on flower and vegetable garden plants, as well as on 
trees and shrubbery, especially conifers. 
Mississippi . M. II. High (August 25;: A red spider, Tetranychus sp. , has appear- 
ed unusually abundant on beans, eggplant, strawberry, pepper, melon, 
and roses in southern Mississippi during the last several weeks. 
Utah Geo. F. Knowlton (September 5): Red spiders are damaging many 
crops throughout the State this year. Very heavy damage has been 
done to some raspterry patches and flower beds in Cache, Boxelder, 
and Davis Counties the last month. 
