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Alabama. K. L. Cockerham (April 5): On April 5 Heteroderes laure ntii Suer, ivas 
found very plentiful in young corn in some plats at Foley. Nearly every 
sprouting kernel had "been attacked. Damage seemed to be worse in cor:: spaced 
3 feet in the rows than in rows where the seed was thickly planted. . 
Missouri. L. Haseman (April 24): Wireworms are moderately abundant at Columbia, 
in some sod-land, "but not so abundant generally speaking. 
California. E. 0. Essig (April 22): Wireworms are moderately abundant in the 
Delta district. 
A. E. Michelbacher (April 20): Near Rio Vista during the past month a small 
species of wire worm (probably Anchastus cinereipennis Mann.) has caused slight 
damage to sugar beets. A largerspecies (probably Limonius canus Lee.) 1 
completely destroyed the sugar-beet stand over a couple of acres of very £- 
land near Courtland. Both of these places are in . the Delta area of 
Sacramento River. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica Newm.)* 
New Jersey. C. H. Hadley (April 25): During April, larvae of the Japanese beetle 
resumed activity and were in process of moving upward in the soil from tneir 
hibernating quarters to their usual feeding areas just beneath the grour.a. 
surface. In the older infested districts indications point to some reduction 
in numbers compared with 1932, with, however, some local exceptions. 
ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE ( Autoserica castanea Arrow) 
New Jersey. C. H. Hadley (April 25): Grubs of the Asiatic garden ceetle are n 
moving up in the soil from their winter hibernating quarters. 
ASIATIC BEETLE (Anomala orientalis Waterh.) 
New York. C. H. Kr.dley (April 25): The grubs of the oriental beetle are s^ 
to return to the upper layer of soil. At Jericho, Nassau County, grubs have 
killed 20 per cent of the plants in a red raspberry bed. Over 50 grubs -.vex 
found around the roots of one plant. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius L.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (April): Red spiders are very abund nt cr. 
citrus and other plants at Ocean Springs. 
Nebraska. D. B. Whelan (April): Red spiders are quite numerous on gooseberries. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus simplex Raid.) 
Idaho. W. H. Larrimer (May 2): The outbreak scheduled '.to occ\:r again this year 
in eastern Idaho has materialized according to reports from that State. 
♦Correction. Page 39 - April 1, 1933. State is New Jersey, not Pennsyl- for 
note on Popilla japonica Newm. and Cotir.is nitida L. 
