G 2 U E S A L FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Florida J. R. Watson (February 24): Grasshoppers are moderately 
abundant in Florida. 
Missouri Washington Evening Star (February l): "Hopping insects 
were brought in from the country near Marshall yesterday by 
L. D. Murrell, banker. His assertion that they were grass- 
hoppers was supported by most local entomology experts, who 
said never before had the insects been observed in January." 
L. Has eman (February 26): During the noon hour today at 
Columbia, with the temperature I should say in the 60' s and 
with a bright warm sun, I did some scouting for freshly 
hatched grasshopper nymphs, covering a distance of something 
like a mile in pastures, along rocky hillsides, meadows and 
truck patch, but was unable to locate a single individual- 
I am rather of the opinion the recent reports must either 
have referred to early hatching on warm south slopes, or else 
they may have referred to the species which may winter with 
us in the partly grown nymph stage. I failed to find any of 
these partly grown specimens of nymphs either. 
South Dakota H. C. Severin (February 19): It has been claimed by some 
of our people living in the western part of the State where 
grasshopper outbreaks were most serious last year that grass- 
hopper eggs have already hatched. This may be true, but I 
doubt it very much, for we have quite a number of species of 
grasshoppers that hibernate in a nymphal stage and it is prob- 
ably such nymphs that the reporters saw. 
Mississippi Henry Dietrich (February 25): Grasshoppers were moderately 
abundant in George County until the middle of December, 1930. 
Arizona C. D. Lebert (February 25): Melanoplus spp. and Schistocerca 
spp. are scarce. 
CUTWORMS ( No c t ui dae ) 
Florida J. R. Watson (February 24): Cutworms are scarce; less than 
usual. 
Missouri L. Has eman (February 26): Partly grown cutworms are out 
at Columbia. 
Mississippi H. Dietrich (February 25): Cutworms were ba.d on turnips 
in George County last November but have been neglibible all 
winter. 
