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A CRICKET ( Anurorryllu s mut icus DeG.) 
Mississippi h, \j Earned (July 25) j A report of June 2U iron Kokomo states: 
"They are very bad or, cotton in some places. They resemble 
the comron black cricket but they are light brown in 
color., They cut down the stalk, cut it up into pieces and 
carry them into their holes.. These holes go 2 or 3 inches 
into the subsoil and are dug cut 1 or 2 inches in diameter 
at the bottom. One man caught (by digging out) about 3300 
in his cotton on second year's land,," A. 'further report on 
July 19 states: "There are sometimes as high as 30 or kO of these 
young in one hole, Ac I stated before, they are a serious 
pest to cot ten, eating whftiLe stalks, cutting off bolls that 
are practically grown* Since the cotton has become so 
tough the;- are not so bad, confining then* work to the tender 
parts of the leaves." 
BEAK THRIPS (Eel iothft&ps fasejatus Perg.) 
California To P Dx balms (September S) : While visiting the office of the 
county horticultural commissioner at Visslia a cotton grower 
brought in plants badly damaged and infested by these thrips. 
About 10 acres '.'ere reported as destroyed; The attack is 
apparently limited to individual fields., 
S UGAR PANE 
SUGAR-CANE BORER (Djatraea sacc haralis crambid oides Grt.) 
Louisiana T.'„ E« Hinds (August 27): The attack on corn was more common 
than on cane early in the season but rare even on corn. The 
attack on cane in the southern half of the State has not 
developed as usual to date n Borers were very bad in 19-23- 
SAKTO DOMINGO CAKE CATERPILLAR (Calioto pul ehella Lathy) 
Haiti Geo* IT, Welcott (September 3) 5 The Santo Domingo cane cater- 
pillar seeais quite rare in Haiti, 
lOHESTAO SHADE -T REE INSECTS 
GENERAL PS5DSRS 
PERIODICAL CICADA (Tibicina septen d ecim L. ) 
Louisiana TT,. E» Hinds (August 22): Periodical cicadas appeared in the 
northern part of the State, probably covering East Carroll, 
West Carroll, Morehouse, Madison, Tensas, Franklin, and 
Richland Parishes (although reports are not complete or 
positive) in May and continued until into June. In many 
localities they were extremely abundant, the ground under 
some trees being marked rrith a dozen or more burrows per square 
foot* Have not received any complaint of their damage to 
trees, but this must have occurred in due process. 
