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GENERAL 
WHITE GRUBS ( rhyllonhaga spp. ) 
Louisiana. 3. A. Osterberger (March 21): The first June hug flight at 
Baton Rouge of this season was on the night of March 8. ' It consisted 
of P. calceata Lee. and P» conr.'rua Lee. Only a few have been noticed 
in flight since that tine. 
Kansas. H. R. 3ryson (March 23): Excavations reveal the fact that white 
grubs are not so abundant at Manhattan as -night he expected following 
the beetle year. A number of dead grubs' have been found witMn the 
first 6 inches of soil and appear to have been killed "oy low temoera- 
tures. 
Texas. ?. L. Thomas (March 28): P. calceata is active at present; on 
'larch 23,327 were collected at light. P. crassissima 'Blanch.. P. 
hirtiventris Horn, P. oraetermissa Horn, P. rubi^'inosa Lee, and P. 
profunda Blanch. are also active. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Pom Ilia japonica Newm, ) 
Pennsylvania. R. •'. Baker (March 34): Yife are planning to do some soil- 
treatment '.-or 1 : in the city of Erie again this year with the coopera- 
tion of the federal Government, starting Arril 13. In this area we 
are trapping fewer beetles each year but these few are spreading over 
a gradually widening territory wi-thin the city limits. 
CUTWORMS (IToctuidae) 
Colorado. G. M. List (March 17); During the last few days the army 
cutworm ( Chorizagrotis auxiliaris Grote) has been reported as 
damaging wheat in Boulder, *7eld, and Larimer Counties. 
Arizona. C. P. Lebert (March 24): Several species of cutwons are 
giving trouble to lettuce and melon growers. Some damage has occurred 
also on residential flower beds. The predominant species is Agrotis 
.vpsilon Rott. 
MONARCH BUTTERFLY ( Danaus meni-p-oe Hbn.) 
Florida. H. T. Fernald (March 21): The monarchs have entirely disappear- 
ed at Orlando. They have probably laid their eggs and died and there 
shoulc 1 be nearly grown larvae or pupae now, as the fresh adults 
normally appear about April 1. 
