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CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (May 25): There is already considerable evidence 
of the presence of cutworms, but as yet no indication of their relative abun- 
dance as compared with other years. 
Connecticut, W. E. Britton (May 24): Injury to asparagus (10-15 percent) at 
Danielson, Brooklyn, Canterbury, and Wauregan, May 17, and to cabbage and 
onion (10 per cent) at Windsor Locks May 19, was reported. Also many tele- 
phone inquiries have come to the office regarding cutworms on various garden 
plants. Most of these are local or within Hew Haven County. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. News Letter (May 22): Cutworms are very 
numerous^ and causing considerable injury in the eastern part of Suffolk 
County. 
Georgia. C. H. Alden (May 19): Cutworms are very abundant in vegetable gardens 
at Cornelia. 
Michigan. R. Hut son (May 22): Cutworms are very abundant. 
Minnesota. A. G. Buggies and assistants (May): Cutworms are generally abun- 
dant throughout the State. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
South Dakota. H. C. Sever in _ (May 20): The army cutworm Chorizagrotis auxi_li_- 
a ris^ Grote is abundant and destroying small grain in the western half of the 
State. Many complaints are coming in from many sections of the State. Worms 
are moving into grain fields from surrounding pasture land, also from aban- 
doned fields, and are cutting off grain just beneath the surface of the 
ground in Pukwana. 
Missouri. L. Baseman (May 23): Cutworms are very abundant over much of the 
State. At Columbia the variegated cutworm ( Lycophotia margaritosa saucia 
Hbn. ) seems to be most important. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 25): The moths of the army cutworm have been out 
since May 1. They are so numerous that they have become a nuisance in dwell- 
ings. Efforts to find the eggs of these moths apparently confirm the re- 
sults of previous studies made with this insect that the first moths do not 
deposit eggs. Papae retained for rearing purposes have not emerged. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (May): L. margaritosa saucia and Agrotis yusilon 
Rott. are very abundant in Knox County. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 24): Specimens of L. margaritosa saucia were col- 
lected at Clarksdale, Coahoma County, on May 8, and sent to this office 
with the report that they were severely injuring bur clover, cotton, and 
otner plants. A correspondent at Neshoba, Neshoba County, sent us specimens 
on May 10 with a report that they had caused severe injury to a 10-acre cot- 
ton field, one acre of which had to be replanted. Medium injury \)y this 
species to potatoes and other vegetables was reported from Guntown, Lee Coun- 
ty, on May 3. A heavy infestation on alfalfa at Leland, Washington County, 
