INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 8 March 1,192" l T o.l 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1 928 . 
This number of the Survey Bulletin is the first of our eighth 
volume. We wish to take occasion at this time to acknowledge the 
very hearty cooperation that we are receiving from our collaborators. 
The material has steadily increased and improved from year to year, 
in quantity and quality, .and -^e ,,T ish to solicit your continued contri- 
butions to this work. 
It is with considerable satisfaction that we note the organization 
of a Survey to cover the Pacific Islands, promoted by the Hawaiian 
Sugar Planters' Association and the Bishop Museum. Arrangements are 
being made by which the Insect Pest Survey will be kept in touch with 
such observations on economic insects as are made incident to this 
Survey, The project is financed to the amount of $62,500 and is to 
function for the next four years. Dr. J, Philpott Mumford will have 
charge of the field work. 
What is probably the most serious development in the pink bollworm 
situation that has occurred since the introduction of this insect into 
the United States in 1917 is a new and very extensive outbreak in mid- 
western Texas. As far as is known, a considerable portion of Ector, 
Midland, Martin, Andrews, Glasscock, Dawson, and Howard Counties are 
infested. 
An unusually small number of su^rcane borers entered hibernation 
in 1927. 
The abundance of bags of the bagworm on trees and plants readily 
observable during the winter months indicates that this insect was es- 
pecially prevalent during 1927 in southwestern Ohio and southern and 
central Missouri, 
The winter Hessian-fly survey in Kansas indicates that large numbers 
of this insect are still present in the fields. In the Middle Atlantic 
States more flies have been observed than during the last few years, while 
throughout the East-Central States moderate infestations are generally 
reported. 
The chinch bug is not reported as present in unusual numbers in 
hibernation quarters ffcom any part of the chinch-bug belt, and no early 
spring reports of the green bug have been received. 
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