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Connecticut. W. E. Britton (September 22): E. inda reported attacking boxwood 
at Darien, Hartford, and Putnam. More abundant as compared with the average 
year. 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (September 22): Bumble Katies, E. inda ; ar.d 2. 
melancholica Horn, were received from Charlottesville; they were collected 
feeding on "sap flowing from borer wound in oak tree". 
A SCARABAEID ( Pachystethus lucicola Fab . ) 
Massachusetts. 2. P. Pelt (September 25): Coleopterous larvae, presumably those of 
the light-loving grape beetle, are reported as injuring lawns severely at 
Dal ton. 
CUTWORI.iS (Noctuidae) 
Virginia. C. R. Willey (September 22): A farmer near Richmond reported cutworms 
damaging a 10-acre field of late potatoes, cutting off vines at ground, Sept. 
15. 
MONARCH BUTTERFLY ( Danaus menippe Pab . ) 
Maryland. 2. N. Cory (September 25): Apparently gathering on Sept. 17 for migration 
as about 300 were seen on that day 'at Maryland University, mostly moving slowly 
southward. During the ensuing week there was similar condition, though not so 
many butterflies, in Anne Arundel County and lower Prince Georges County. On 
Sept. 23 on a trip westward an average of about 1 butterfly for every 100 yards 
was noticed along or crossing U. S. highway 40. 
District of Columbia. P. D. Sanders (October l): The monarch butterfly was observed 
flying in large numbers in Potomac Park today. 
A CRICKET ( Netnobius carol inus Scudd.) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (August 21): These crickets were very ant at 
Fargo August 9. (N. carol inus Scudd, det. by A. N. Caudell. ******TMs species 
has never been reported from North Dakota and in this case may have flown in 
from the South.) 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
CORN 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leuco-oterus S 
Massachusetts. E. P. Telt (September 25): Chinch bugs are reported as ab 
and injurious to a lawn at Dalton. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 25): We continue to receive reports of abundance 
and there is every evidence that the pest will be unusually abundant over the 
northern half of the State next year. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (September 19): Conditions I pin S 
the last month. The weather has been highly favorable to the bugs. At this 
