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THE MORS IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY I935 
We have inaugurated a new feature in the Bulletin by issuing more de- 
tailed survey papers as supplementary numbers to the current numbers. These 
can be published at any time during the year and will appear as supplements to 
the last published number. We invite our reporters to avail themselves of 
this opportunity of publishing results of detailed surveys which would not 
otherwise bs placed on permanent record* 
This year the Survey is making a particular effort to round out its in- 
formation on the biological distribution of the several species of the genus 
Phyllophaga , and will appreciate any assistance its reporters can give in send- 
ing in beetles, with definite records as to locality and date of collection. 
In the early summer of 1935 Brood IX of the periodical cicada is 
scheduled to appear in the eastern Appalachian region, the center of the Brood 
being in western Virginia and southern West Virginia. The 15-year race this 
year is represented by Brood XXI which should appear in the South Atlantic and 
Gulf States, principally in northwestern Florida, western .Alabama, and eastern 
Mississippi. More detailed information will be given in a supplement to the 
Survey Bulletin which will appear later in the season. 
The army cutworm was quite prevalent during late December and February 
in Nebraska and Kansas. 
Late winter observations indicate that the chinch bug suffered but littl. 
winter mortality in Kansas, about 10 percent mortality in Indiana, and a similar 
•percentage of mortality in Illinois. This mortality, however, is not suffi- 
cient at any point materially to interfere with the forecast of heavy popula- 
tions given by the fall surveys. 
The green bug was observed early in February in considerable numbers in 
the State of Coahuila in Mexico. 
The pea aphid was extremely scarce on vetch during January in the 
Willamette Valley of Oregon, the populations being very decidedly lower than 
they were in the early part of 1974* 
The sugarcane borer suffered very heavy mortality as the result of the 
severe freeze which occurred during the third weak in January in Louisiana. 
Examinations made during the third week in February indicated that the mortality 
averaged approximately 90 percent of the overwintering larvae. A similar 
heavy mortality following very severe freezing is reported from the Beaumont 
area in Texas, where the mortality reached from 80 to 96 percent as compared 
with a mortality of 14 percent in the winter of 1933-34. 
The San Jose scale was apparently not severely injured by the winter 
conditions in Illinois. This insect was reported as very abundant in the 
Gulf region. 
The California red scale was found at Phoenix, .ariz. 
