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Louisiana. B. A. Osterberger (March 19): The first flight of June hugs 
was noted on March 19. The most numerous species was P. congrua Lee. 
The night was: very warm and sultry, the temperature "being 73° and the 
humidity 92. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 29): White grubs have been numerous in gardens. 
The adults are just beneath the surface of the soil, ready to fly when 
the soil temperature rises. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Virginia. A. M. Woodside (March 23).: Climbing cutworms, were fairly common 
on peach trees in low spots at Crozet, Albemarle County. 
H. G-. Walker and L. D. Anderson (March 25): Cutworm eggs were 
observed on a spinach leaf at Norfolk on March 10. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson' (March 29): The. army cutworm ( Chori zagrotis 
auxiliaris Grote) has about returned to normal numbers after a scarci- 
ty of a few years. They are most numerous in grass plots, but may be 
found in alfalfa- fields. Slight injury to seedling beets and spinach 
was observed at Manhattan on March 27- 
J. R. Horton (March 25): Worms of C. auxiliaris . half grown or 
more, were in evidence on winter wheat near Wichita, southeast of the 
central part of the State, but were nfrb ntsacrous. 
H. H. Walkden (March 25):. Larvae of the army cutworm are abundant 
in pastures in Riley, Clay, and Cloud Counties, northeast of the central 
part of the State. This is in marked contrast with 1937, when the 
larvae of this species were very scarce. Larvae of the dingy cutworm 
( Feltia subgothica Haw.) are abundant in pastures near Manhattan, Riley 
County. Small larvae of the clay-backed cutworm (JV gladiaria Morr.) 
are common in areas where little barley is the dominant grass. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Penton (March 28): The army cutworm has been found in 
wheat in several widely distributed places in the State, particularly 
in Tillman and Kiowa Counties. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (March 25): On March 23 some damage by cutworms 
was noticed on melons south of Phoenix area. Adults of P. annexa 
Treit. wer.e taken in a citrus field on February U. 
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (Lepidoptera) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (March 2U) : At State College on March 22 a 
specimen of the mourning- cloak butterfly (Hamadryas antiopa (L.))was 
taken and on March 19 One specimen of the scallop shell moth 
C Calocalpe undulata L.) was collected. 
