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Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 19): Grasshoppers ( Melanoplus spp.) continued 
to be the outstanding pests last month. Visits to western and north- 
western counties revealed the fact that few trees "bordering wheat 
fields escaped defoliation. Cornfields were completely stripped of 
their leaves. In many instances the stalks were eaten close to the 
ground. Sorghums for the most part were not attacked. The defoliation 
of orchard trees and alfalfa fields is general. The absence of weeds 
and succulent vegetation in waste areas brought about by the drought 
has forced the hoppers to the green cultivated crops. The population 
is such that the second generation and adults of the first generation 
will cause considerable injury to fall-sown alfalfa and winter wheat. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (August 19): For the past 3 weeks grasshoppers 
have been defoliating many of the shade trees along the streams and 
along the fence rows through the northeastern and western parts of the 
State. In Mayos County in the northeastern and Woods County in the 
northwestern part of the State, practically all the trees, including 
fruit trees, have been defoliated. No doubt many of the trees will die, 
because the hoppers are getting every tender shoot that appears. They 
have boen extremely hard to poison during the hot weather, as they are 
not feeding much on the ground and are hunting cooler, shady places, 
such as the north sides of fence posts and trees. Approximately 2,000 
tons of bait have been prepared and distributed throughout the State. 
Montana. A. L. Strand (August): About 3i000 tons of bait have been used in 
Montana this season, mostly in the counties along the Yellowstone River, 
where infestations of grasshoppers in irrigated crops have been very 
heavy. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (July ]>l): Grasshoppers are much more abundant in many 
parts of Cache County than they were a year ago. Most abundant in 
fields are M. Packard ii Scudd. , M. mexicanus , M. femur - rub rum Deg., M. 
bivittatus Say, Aulocara elliotti Thos., and Dissosteira Carolina L. 
(August 8); Grasshoppers have caused severe stripping of wheat and 
alfalfa north of Paragonah, and much damage west of Parowan in Iron 
County. Many M. bivittatus and M. packardii have died of disease. 
LUBBER GRASSHOPPER ( Romalea microptera 3eauv. ) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 13): Lubber grasshoppers were reported as 
very abundant, attacking flowers on lawns at Uniontown on August 3« 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex H ald. ) 
North Dakota. F. Gray Butcher (August IS): The distribution of Mormon 
crickets over the State is increasing. Reports indicate that the 
crickets are present generally throughout Ward County, have also boen 
found in numbers in Burleigh and Stark Counties, and a few individuals 
in Divide and Pierce Counties. 
Montana. A. L. Strand (August): Mormon cricket infestations are about the 
same as in 1935. with some extension of the outbreak into southeastern 
