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give the Survey as complete a picture as possible of the relative abundance 
of the various insects of their respective territories. 
During the very warn weather of late January and early February, 
reports were received from Missouri and South Dakota of emergence of 
grasshoppers.' It was "-at first believed that this was precocious hatching, 
but later evidence seens t$ indicate that it was merely the emergence from 
hibernation of such species of grasshoppers as spend the winter in the 
early nynphal stages. 
This sane warn weather resulted in reports of the appearance of cut- 
worms in Missouri, and we also have a report of damage to strawberry buds 
by cutworms late in February on Bainbridge Island in Washington State. 
An interesting observation of the successful hibernation of the 
pupae of the corn ear worn at Columbia, Mo., has been receive: 1 . These 
pupae were alive when the report was made, in the last weeh of February, 
The sugarcane borer -appears to have passed the winter in very good 
condition in Louisiana, though the population that entered hibernation 
is reported as having been small. 
Eggs of the rosy apple aphid seem to be prevalent enough in Pennsyl- 
vania to indicate trouble, while in southern Virginia they are so scarce 
that the entomologists are recommending omitting the aphid treatment in 
earl;/ sprays. 
The San Jose scale still seens to be on the increase along the 
Atlantic seaboard from Pennsylvania to Georgia and westward over the Gulf 
region. . ■ 
Reports, of very successful hibernation of the codling moth have been 
received from the ITcw England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, and the 
southern part of the East Central States. 
The vegetable weevil lias been reported from practically the entire 
infested territory as .affecting winter truck crops. 
The spotted cucumber beetle is reported as doing more or less damage 
in the Gulf region. This condition, however, is not unusual. 
The banded cucumber beetle is reported as quite generally distributed 
over Florida. Although known for several -ears from the western part of 
the State, it is a new pest on the peninsula. 
The western spotted cucumber beetle started leaving winter quarters 
during late January in Oregon. 
