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and stating that a chalcid parasite had been int: 
this scale. The authorities in Sai'pan claim tb 
produced to control 
that the scale is 
now being parasitised* Recently X obtained material and for- 
warded it to the department for identification. The question 
of a control parasite for this rcale is one of very great import- 
ance to the cocouut industry throughout the Orient." 
TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
GENIAL rTEDF^S 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Massachusetts H. A, Mostrom (June 10) . "Cutworms are proving particularly 
troublesome this year in small gardens, much more so than 
usual in Essex County." 
J. B. Boston (June 10) • "Cutworms are much worse on garden 
crops in Barnstable County than usual. One man reports a 
net loss of $500 due to these insects on a 6-acre plat." 
Connecticut 
New York 
Michigan 
Colorado 
Oregon 
New York 
M. P, Zappe (June 27). "These insects are very serious on 
early cabbage at Dan bury." 
C. R. Crosby and assistants. "Cutworms are very serious in 
Chautauqua, Monroe, Erie, and Clinton Counties." 
R. H. Pettit (June 8)» "Cutworms are perhaps worse than usual 
this year and we received reports that paper collars do not 
seem to work in all cases. I imagine the climbing cutworms 
are mixed in with the ordinary garden varieties." 
0. E* Bremner (May l). "Cutworms are very bad on tomatoes and 
young prune trees, eating out buds and leaves. They are also 
bad on grapes in Sonoma County." 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae) 
W« E # Pound (June 8). "The larvae of a species of Limonius 
have eaten radishes, onions, turnips, beets, beans, corn, 
cucumbers, and melons in the Umatilla district, the last four 
crops scarcely coming through the ground before they are 
destroyed." 
C» R. Crosby (May 13). "Agriotes mancus Say is reported as 
injuring crops on muck lands at Elba* Associated with this 
outbreak is Melanotus sp." 
