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1 specimen of Cirpnis sp. Many of them were parasitized. 
He stated that in tiie older alfalfa the worms were making 
rather slow progress, and that they had moved only from 
20 to 40 feet during the previous six days in the 
particular field from which he secured the specimens. 
Specimens of Feitia malef Ida Guen. were collected in a 
garden at Tupelo on May 7. Slight injury to various 
garden plants was reported. Specimens of Prodenia ornith o- 
gal 1 i Guen. collected on corn were received from Brookhaven 
on May 7, from Natchez May 14, and from Woodville May 15. 
Little injury had oeen caused. Specimens of this species 
were reported as injurving daisy plants at Lucedale on May 7, 
Louisiana 
Montana 
Idaho 
W. E. Hinds (May 25): Cutworms are verj r abundant and 
destroying cotton stands in Lafayette Parish. 
A. L. Strand (April 28): Altogether several thousand acres 
of wheat have oeen destroyed by the army cr_tworm ( Chorizagrotis 
auxiliaris G-rote). The following counties have reported damage; 
Ravalli, Missonla, Lev/is and Clark, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, 
Musselshell, Stillwater, Big Horn, Dawson, and Wibaux. Some 
damage obsetired by accompanying wind damage. 
C. lakeland (May 19): The army cutworm, C, f^rl9£.is> i- s 
very abundant in southern and southeastern Idaho, lb is v _ 
widely distributed in nearly every county of b-kat portion:- 
of the State and has done quite -■ severe damage bo dry- land 
grain and to irrigated alfalfa. In one instance it even 
ate into and destroyed potato seed pieces. injury has now 
abated and most of the larvae arc mature. 
Nevada 
Utah 
G. G. Schweis (May 21): Cutworms are very abundant in 
Reno and damage has been reported from numerous places. 
G. F. Znowlton (May 14): A few instances of damage to 
sugar beets and newly set tomatoes hav.e been observed in 
Davis and Webster Counties. 
Washington E. J. Newcomer (May 22): Of nearly 600 adult moths caught 
in molasses baits in an apple orchard in Yakima County 
Agroti s c- nigrum outnumbers five other species three to one. 
First moths were caught May 1. . ■ - 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Indiana 
Minnesota 
C. M. Painter (May 2): H„ R. Painter searched for grass- 
hopper eggs in various fields from Attica to Owensville, 
April 14 - 25, and near Lnfayotv^, hi: found few. Many 
present in alfalfa field near ?ort Wayne. Serious 
infestation seems unlikely this season. 
A. G. Ruggles and assistants (May): Grasshoppers were re- 
ported as scarce throughout the State during the month of May. 
