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dorado C. F. Gillette (September 21): Grasshoppers are moderately 
abundant in northeastern Colorado, many calls for grasshopper 
poisoning having been received. 
loatana 3. Habee (September 21): Grasshoppers, y.elanp-olus 
ironic anus bivittatus Say et al. , have increased their popu- 
lation-; over the entire eastern half of the State and are very 
abundant in Boosevelt, McCond, Hi ch land, Da-son, and parts 
of Toole, Liberty, Chouteau, "Pondera, Hill, and Cascade 
Counties, and in one place only, Lake County, -est of the 
Divide. 
California Monthly Hers Letter, Los Angeles County Agricultural Comm., 
Vol. 11, SO. 3, August 15: Continued periodic inspections of 
what have been grasshopper breeding grounds in the Antelope 
Valley during previous years .indicate that oving to the al- 
most entire absorce of "hoppers 11 in those loaclities there 
"•ill not bo any necessity for control operations this season. 
Washington nr.. 7.'. Baker (August 29): A report "'as received that 
grasshoppers ""ere thick in one of the tail office buildings 
in ' Tacora . r nat appeared to be this species ( Kelano^lu s 
atlanis Hiley) "as found in fairly large numbers clinging 
to the rails ana cn the sideralks. These had likely bred 
in the cut over region rest of Tacoma. 
:i?3'.uHl-:S Ul"t--ridae) 
South Carolina. I.'. K. B runs on (September 2-.): Horistonotus uhlerii Horn 
has been very destructive this season in Hampton and surround- 
ing counties. 
Cora C. J. Drake (August 2?): I-k-lanotus sr. has been Icing con- 
able das*i .e to corn in eastern and southeastern lora. 
ire growers oi -av 
ever :;200 per farm or over "400,000 for the county. 
Uabama C. T. Been and L. L. Odbm (August 30): On August 20 some 
soil sifting for He teredo res laurentii Guer. ras conducted 
near Foley. A series of soil plots 12 in. square and 4 in. 
deep re re sifted. The populations of larvae rere found to 
range from none in somo of the plots rherc Irish potatoes had 
been grorn a-s the spring crop and follored by late corn, up 
to 9 larvae per square foot in turnips. Old corn and heavily 
: ras sod hedoe rors shored an average of 3 larvae per square 
foot. It v-culd seers that adults gradually moved over to pol- 
len-hearing plants such as corn and the various comcn native 
grasses. Larvae of ell sizes from the very smallest to the 
full-grc-n ones rere found. Horcver, the greater number rere 
approximately the seme size, indicating a peak of hatching. 
Larvae of this s :ecics attain almost full sise in tro or tro 
