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(Hemiptera) 
Arizona E. A. McGregor (September 1): Examinations of alfalfa 
fields near Aztec, where the crop is being grown for seed, 
developed the fact that the seed yield is being materially 
reduced through the activities of bugs, of which the 
following '.Tere the more common: Lygus . elisus Van D.j 
Ceres a occidental is Funkh., Chlorochroa say-. Stal., and 
Qeocoris punctipes Say, 
A THRIPS ( Microthrips piercei Morg. ) 
Arizona E. A. McGregor (September 1): A thrips (probably 
Microthrips piercei ) was exceedingly abundant in the alfalfa 
flowers at Aztec. 
CRICKETS ( Gryllus assimilis Fab.) 
Mississippi R. v. T . Harned (September 22): Crickets were received 
from a correspondent at Greenville, on September 18. He. 
reported that these insects appeared there in great numbers 
on the night of September 16, One farmer reported that 
they were eating alfalfa and another that these crickets 
were almost as abundant as the alfalfa seed that he was 
sowing. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabama argil lacea Rbn. ) 
Massachusetts J. V. Schaffner, ^r. (September 26) : A heavy flight 
of this species arrived in Lowell last evening (September 25) 
according to a report accompanied by specimens received today. 
New York G. N. Wolcott (September 25): This is to report the 
appearance of large numbers of moths of the cotton caterpillar, 
on the warm and rainy night of September 24 at B?.rnveld. 
District G. Myers (September 24): The cotton leaf worm was observed 
of in great numbers on the buildings and lamp posts in Washington 
Columbia on the morning of September 24. 
Ohio T. H. Parks (September 27): These moths have appeared in 
the Lake Erie pench section and have been puncturing the skin 
of ripening peaches. The injury is not so serious as during 
some years. 
Illinois S. C. Chandler (September 15): The cotton leaf worm is 
found very scarce in the cottonfields of Pulaski and Alexander 
Counties, 
