ceedingly dry leather. It is "believed that the frequent applica- 
tions of Paris green made during the early part of the growing 
season for flea beetle control exert a strong controlling in- 
fluence over the tohacco thrips. 
SUGARCANE 
Mississippi 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( iMietheola rugiceps Lee. ) 
R. 17. Harned (June 22): Complaints accompanied "by specimens of 
the insects continue to be received at this office in regard to 
the rough-headed cornstalk "beetle or sugarcane beetle. Corn and 
sugarcane are the crops being injured in most cases, although in 
one or tvio instances cotton stalks have been attacked. One man 
reported that 75 per cent of his sugarcane had been injured by 
these "beetles. 
FOREST AND SHaDE-TRE 
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PERI ODI C Ad CI C ADA ( Tibicina seotendecim L . ) 
A. D. Hopkins (May 2S): The periodical cicada is here (Kanawha 
Firms, Mineral ',7 ell s) in limited numbers. The only record we 
have for its appearance in "Test Virginia is for 1395 in Grant, 
Hardy, Pendelton, and Randolph Counties. It was predicted in 
my 77. Va. Bulletin 68, p. 279 for 1910 in all of "Test Virginia 
counties bordering Virginia. 
L. .'.. Peairs (June 15)- I got some specimens from a hitherto 
unrecorded locality for this brood at P.eedsville, Preston County. 
Mr. Ramsey later visited the locality and did not find any of 
the insects so it is apparent that they are scarce. There is no 
doubt about the occurrence, though, as I have two specimens. 
ITHTTE-uARICED TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemerocampa leuco stigma S.& a. ) 
E. P. Eelt (June 2k) : "Trite-marked tussock moth caterpillars 
are just hatching in Buffalo and relatively few compared with 
earlier years (--. T. Clark, City Forester, June 15)- This in- 
sect was reported as hatching at Rochester at the end of May 
and it has developed very slowly, partly owing to the cool 
weather and more likely to the early thorough spraying (R. E. 
Horsey). 
E. W. Mendenhall (June 2): The white-marked tussock moth began 
to show its work on the sycamore and elm trees along the streets 
in Springfield. The partly grown caterpillars can readily be 
be destroyed by arsenical poisons. 
