I IT SECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 9 March 1, 1929 ITo.l 
OUTSTANDING MTQMOLOGIQAL EEATURES III THE UNITED STATES ICE JANUARY 
AID FEEEUaEY, 1929 
With this number we introduce Volume 9 of the Insect Pest Survey Bulle- 
tin. T7e are gratified to see the continued growth in both quantity and quality 
of data which we are receiving and the ever-increasing cooperative attitude 
of our reporters. 
The Survey files now contain notes on over 6,000 species of insects. 
These notes ere available to any of our collaborators investigating specific 
problems. i7e do not feel that it would be advisable to devote the time of our 
very limited personnel to extracting extensive information for students. On 
the other hand, we are in a position to assist any serious worker in matters 
of geographical distribution, host plants, or other ecological data, and hope 
that our collaborators -.-'ill feel free to call upon the survey for such service. 
~e nor feel that the most rapid strides that can be made in survey work 
in this country will be along the lines of developing adequate State surveys, 
"hich can much more efficiently gather data necessary for a comprehensive 
National Survey. Such surveys, where they are already established, are of in- 
valuable assistance to the entomological workers of the State concerned. They 
assist them in approaching their program of work, in answering correspondence, 
and give them an appreciation ai" tho unusual developments in the various parts 
of the territory which they cover* 
Despite the general impression that surveys are not possible without the 
expenditure of considerable funds and time, initial work along this line can 
be inaugurated at very little expense, and the Federal Insect Pest Survey is 
in a position, after its eight years of experience, to offer suggestions to 
any of its collaborators interested in inaugurating this type of work. 
During the early spring months ti - ive been but few unusual develop- 
lts. During the first week in January serious cutworm depredations '-ere re- 
ported from the southernmost corner of Tex, . About the middle of February 
cutworm a: . ;e v;as reported from the Texas Panhandle and central Alabama. 
E i Lance of the chinch bug continues at a very low ebb. 
Prom the middle to the and of February some alarm was created in Georgia 
and North Caroline by the ; 3 r_mi bug. This insect was also questionably re- 
ported from the southern part of Oklahoma. 
-7- 
