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GENSRAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
T* H« Parks (July 23): Grasshoppers are not an economic pest 
in Ohio this year; very few are noticed in. meadows ana pastures. 
H* C» Severin (July 12): A grasshppper outbreak has started 
in Brule, Buffalo, and Lyman Counties, judging from the num- 
ber of reports received. 
M«, H. Swenk (June 15- July 15): Grasshoppers ( Malanoplus 
S PP») continued to be reported from the area in western Nebraska 
mentioned in my last report during the period here covered. 
J* W, McColloch (July 20): Grasshoppers continue to be a 
problem in several of the northwestern counties of the State, 
SHORT-TAILED CRICKET ( Anurogryllus muticus DeG. ) 
R» W« Harned (July 27): Specimens tentatively identified 
by J. M» Langston as Anurogryllus m uticus \vere received July 
9 from Rankin County. The correspondent reported that these 
insects were causing serious injury to cowpeas and other crops. 
CUTWORMS ( Noc tuidae ) 
J. H« Hawkins (July 13): Cutworms had done serious injury 
to peas and tomatoes at Lamoine Beach when observed June 20. 
The red-backed cutworm, Euxoa ochrogaster Gn« was the main 
offender. Cabbage was also destroyed by this insect at Newport 
during the week of June 25. Corn had been cut off at Monmouth 
by this insect and by the greasy cutworm, Agrotis ypsilon Rott., 
on July 1. At Cape Elizabeth on July 6, both the red-backed 
cutwo nnaand the greasy cutworm were present eating the leaves 
from cabbage and cutting them off at their bases or eating out 
the small heads, 
F« B» Morris (July 18): Sporadic damage on lettuce in Oswego 
County. 
J, G« Gaines (July 18): Cutworms caiising slight to moderate 
injury on many crops in Wayne County* 
J. J. Davis (July 2?) : What we determined as Snptis ( Hadena ) 
arctica Bdv., caused considerable damage to corn at Winamac 
July 1, 
H. C, Severin (July 12): Cutworms were not so abundant as 
usual this year. 
