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Utah. G. E. Knowlton (April l6) : Eggs are abundant and in good condition 
west of Ephrain, in Sanpete County, central Utah, and near Trenton, 
in Cache County, northern Utah. Little hatching has occurred, as re- 
peated snow storns stopped hatching about the middle of March. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex Hald.) 
Montana. H. B. Mills (April 20): Mormon crickets are hatching generally 
throughout the State, and field work on control v/ill probably start 
before the end of April. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April 25): The well-marked 
cutworm ( Agrotis unicolor Walk.) was found on April 18, feeding on 
spinach in Nassau County. 
New Jersey. J. B. Schmitt (April 22): Cutworms are abundant in rubbish 
in and around fields. Some plants have been destroyed in coldframes. 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (April 20): Climbing cutworms are very common 
on peach trees. 
K. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): Cutworms are moder- 
ately abundant in some fields at Norfolk. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (April 25): A correspondent sent in 15 specimens 
of Lycophot i^. marg aritosa saucia Hbn. from 1 tomato plant in a green- 
house at Clarkston. They were eating fruits. Since February 13, 1^ 
moths have been taken in light traps at Experiment and 6 on March 23. 
C. H. Alden (April 20): Cutworms have cut off about one-sixth 
of the tomato plants set out in the last week at Cornelia. These are 
much more injurious than last year. 
Florida. E. S. Chamberlin (April 5): Cutworms caused relatively little 
damage in fields of newly set tobacco this season in Gadsden County. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (April 23): These pests have attacked onions, 
cabbage, and tomato plants to a great extent in central and southern 
Alabama. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (April 21): H. Gladney of Ocean Springs reported 
that he had observed damage to tomatoes, beans, and corn in Jackson 
County, and N. D. Peets, of Brookhaven, indicated that cutworms were 
numerous in gardens and flower bees in his districts. Nuner^us re- 
ports from the volt a counties indicate the heaviest infestation of 
vcricgatod cu'Cv.o.i" 'L. mar--ari tc sa sou .? ~'.a) in several years. Much 
damage is being done to all winter cov or""crops . As many as 20 or 30 
worms under a single bur-clover or alfalfa plant were reported in 
some instances. Some alfalfa is being destroyed by mixed infesta- 
tions of the armyworm ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw.) and the variegated 
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