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Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 24): Cutworms ( Feltia duo ens Talk.) have "been 
unusually abundant this, fall in the vicinity of Manhattan, Individuals were 
sufficiently numerous to check the growth of new shoots arising fro crowns 
of alfalfa plants after the crop was mowed in the raddle of September. Recent 
observations following cold nights reveal a large number of dead larvae; and 
at this writing all have disappeared. 
MONARCH BUTTERFLY (Banaus m enippe Fab.) 
Maryland. E; IT. Cory (October 4): A flight of monarch butterflies was located 
on September 30. at Point Lookout, the south r'nmost tip of Maryland along the 
Potomac River. On October 2 the large flight settled at Piney Point near the 
lighthouse, the keeper of which informed us that the butterflies appeared 
there annually. This flight took off across the Potomac River on October 4 at 
8 a.m. The butterflies came in in the late afternoon in such numbers that the 
people walking about the grounds of the lighthouse were constantly bein 
struck by the flying butterflies. At 5 o'clock, when the writer was there, 
the butterflies had begun to cluster on the southern and southeastern sides 
of cedar, trees and locust bushes. A large number were collected, all of 
which appear to be newly emerged or at least undamaged specimens. 
P. C. Bishopp (September 13): Th monarch butterfly was observed in large 
numbers on tree trunks near the water in Anne Arundel County, near Annapolis. 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (October 21): There was a general southward migration of 
the monarch butterfly during the week of October 1 to 7. They were common 
everywhere over the range country and gathered in considerable numbers upon 
flowers about residences. There are now only a very few left. 
A PYRALID (I achy 5 an el a -ohaeo^t oralis Guen.) 
Louisiana. C. 2. Smith and P. K. Harrison (October 28): The larvae have been very 
destructive to pasture and other sod grasses over considerable areas of 
southern Louisiana during September and October. It was first observed in 
St. James Parish on September 19. Reports have been received that the injury 
was first noticed about September 1. On October 25, Mr. Callaway reported 
that large numbers of the moth were present in his parish during the last part 
of September and entered residences and public buildings in annoying numbers. 
The larvae continued damaging sodland grasses until about October 15, 
which time a good rain occurred. During the latter part of September, a report 
of severe damage to pasture grasses was received from Dutchtown (A >ion 
Parish), On the night of September 20, large numbers of the moth we 
observed hovering over lawns, golf courses, etc., at Baton Rouge. By October 
15, larval damage to these sod grasses was in evidence, and by the 20th. 
considerable areas had been completely void ■ of all green growth. The damage 
has continued and at this time the sods of many lawns and considerable areas 
of other sodlands appear as dead - not. I rcen in evidence remains. For 
several days now a few moths have been is is destructive brood 
at Baton Rouge. 
