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Western twelve-spotted cucumber beetle ( Diabrotica so ror ILec.) 
Oregon. A. L. Lovett (April 7). "Was found devouring the developing leaves 
as they appeared on young clover plantings on April 7 in the Willa- 
mette Valley." 
L. ?o Rockwocd (May 14). "This insect is badly damaging young beet 
tops and is present in very large numbers at Cornelius. The "beets 
are mangels and are grown as stock feed." 
Garden s lug ( Agrfoliuiax agrestis L. ) 
Oregon. A. L. Lovett (Late March). "The gray garden slug has flourished 
under the past winter and spring conditions and caused serious in- 
jury to com and clover fields in the lower Willamette Valley in 
late March." 
Pall army worm ( Laohypma frugioerda S. & a. ) 
Louisiana. T. H. Jones (April 29). "A few larvae about one quarter inch in 
length were seen on young earn at the Sugar Experiment Station in 
New Orleans. The first larvae seen or reported this year in 
Louisiana." |May 4). "The first larvae noted at Baton Rouge on 
this date. A very few small larvae measuring about one-quarter 
inch in length were collected." 
Sugar-cane borer (D iatraea saccharalis Fab* ) 
Louisiana. T. Ho Jones (May 7). "Specimens and inquiries received on the fol- 
lowing dates: April 28, Kohen Solms; May 3, Elton; May 6, Lafayette; 
May 7, B, eaux Bridge (one pupa present)." 
L. W. '"'ilkenson (May 7). District agent of Agricultural Extension 
Work reports, 100 per cent of the planting of the last week in Janu- 
ary at Nov/ Iberia attacked ard only 5 per cent of the planting of the 
first week in March on the same farm infested. 
Brown c olaspis ( Colas-ois brunnea Fab. ) 
Louisiana. Te K* Jones (April 29,. "Two adults, first seen or reported in the 
field this year, were collected on young earn, at the Sugar Experiment 
Station in New Orleans." 
MISCELLANEOUS CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS. 
Grasshoppers ( Acridi Ma^J 
Indiana. J« J. Davis (April SO}. "Recently hatched grasshoppers were first 
observed at Washington, Indiana, on April 24, and at L. fayette, Indiana 
on April 50. Cool weather has prevented some emergence and there 
are still many unhatched eggs in the ground*" 
South H. S. Severin and A. L. Ford (April 25) . "Grasshopper. 1 - eggs are very 
Dakota. abundant, all having come through the winter in a sound condition, at 
least local outbreaks are evident. Blister beetle larvae are so 
numerous that some trouble can be expected on alfalfa and garden stuff 
