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MORMON CRICKET ( Ana or us simplex Hald. ) 
Nevada. D. E. Barnes (July 28): While driving west through Nevada on July 
18, I crossed a heavy infestation of Mormon crickets extending from 
about 10 miles east to about 10 miles west of Elko. On the west side 
of Elko control work was being carried on. At one point where the 
"barriers had "been removed there was a strip of dead crickets from lU 
to l6 inches wide and several miles long. The infestat.ion at Emigrant 
Pass "between Carlin and Dunphy was lighter than in the latter part of 
May, but individuals were still crossing the road. The infestations 
constituted a motor hazard. 
G. G, Schweis (September lU) : Specimens of a wasp found attacking 
Mormon crickets in eastern Nevada were identified by G-. A. Sandhouse 
as Chlorion laeviventris Cress. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis E. ) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (September 23): Carroll County reports moderately heavy 
losses from black crickets. 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (September 20): Black crickets following heavy rains 
were very numerous at Austin about the business buildings at night, 
wherever the store lights were on. They were so numerous they could be 
swept up into piles and scooped up. The sidewalks were covered at night. 
A few were a^out at Sonora. 
EUROPEAN EARWIG ( Eorf icula auricu laria L.) 
New York. E. P. Eelt (September 25): ' The European earwig was found to be 
well established at Roslyn, L. I., on September 9« 
CUTWORMS ( No c tuidae ) 
Tennessee. E. W. Howe (September): There has been a serious outbreak of 
several species of cutworms at Clarksville during August. Tobacco and 
corn on low ground, which had remained comparatively damp during the 
drought, were seriously infested.. Apparently the moths flew to the 
greenest herbage available and laid their eggs. One tobacco field 
suffered a 50-percent loss in stand. Two areas in large cornfields 
suffered a loss of about 65 percent, but over the entire acreage involved, 
the loss was not over 6 percent. Most damage occurred prior to September 
15, but some corn was damaged at the end of the month. In attacking 
corn the larvae first defoliated crabgrass and other low vegetation, 
then climbed the cornstalks, fed on the leaves (frequently leaving only 
the midribs), and ate the silk prior to fertilization. 
EALL ARMYWORM (Laphygma frugiperda S. & A.) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (September 25): A very heavy outbreak of the fall 
armyworm occurred between July 20 and August 1, when it completely 
destroyed nearly all of the millet and Sudan-grass fields and injured 
