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WEtltfE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp. ) 
Vermont. II. L. 'Bailey (October 24): White grubs 'continued to damage the potato 
crop in the western part of Vermont. In some cases_ growers whose fields were 
certified for seed have found it imprac titrable to attempt grading the tubers 
for seed and have sold them for table stock in bulk.' 
Maryland. E. TI. Cory (October 20): White grubs are injuring coniferous nursery 
stock in Baltimore County. 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (October 10): During the season reports have been 
received of serious injury to sod and to cultivated crops in Loudoun, Shenandoah 
and Tazewell Counties. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (October 22): White grubs are very abundant. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (October 26): White grubs during the early part of ■ the 
month were reported doing serious damage to lawns and strawberry plants at 
Paducah, Bowling Green, Berea, Vanceburg, and Lexington. 
Michigan. R. H. Pettit (October 22); White grubs were plentiful, although most 
of them belonged to Brood A, which was due to fly this year. Therefore, we 
are expecting a very serious attack next year over the lower half of the State. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (October 20): White grubs were found responsible for an 
extensive amount of injury to a field of early- sown vye in Douglas Cotir.ty 
during the last week in September, and to early-sown wheat in Kearney County 
during the first week in October. •■ , ■ ■ 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 20): White grubs were observed injuring newly 
started wheat plants in plots at Manhattan. Diggings to determine the popu- 
lation indicate that considerable damage can- bo .'expected "next year. From 
5 to 25 grubs have been taken in each hole one foot square, dug in grassy land 
in cultivated areas. 
FIELD CRICKS ( pryllus assimilis Jab,) 
California. F. H. Wymore (October 6): The field cricket has appeared in great 
numbers at various points in the Sacramento Valley this summer. In the first 
part of July the adults were auite numerous about Williams, and or. August 25 
they were reported entering clothing stores in Sacramento, doing considerable 
damage by chewing holes in blankets and other cotton goods. At the present 
date the nymphs of various sizes (almost full-grown ones predominating) are 
migrating in great numbers from the fields into 'irrigated districts and about 
the homes, where they, are causing considerable annoyance. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Po.pillia japonica Newm. ) 
Hew Jersey. Monthly Letter of Bureau of Entomology, U. S.D.A. No. 220 (AUgus.t): 
The Japanese beetle has added several food plants in the Pine Barrens to its 
list. In addition to feeding upon the bracken and cinnamon fern, it now 
defoliates shinning sumac ( Rhus copallina ) and the tough-leaved scrub oak 
( Quercus ilicifolia ). Numerous other plants characteristic of the Pine Barrens 
also fed upon. Grassy areas and margins furnish proper conditions for the 
development of larvae throughout the pine region. It' is believed that 
