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THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1933 
The winter for the most part has not been abnormally severe on most insects. 
The grasshopper situation is much less alarming in the western States than it 
was a year ago. North Dakota alone shows an increase in the number of eggs now in 
fehe ground over the number at this time in 1932. 
Unusual numbers of white grubs are recorded in the Middle Atlantic States from 
Pennsylvania to Virginia, and also in Iowa, and will probably be destructively 
abundant in the latter State, where Brood A is due to appear this year. 
Chinch bugs appear to have wintered successfully throughout the greater part 
of Illinois, westward through Missorui into Kansas and Oklahoma. The insect is 
also recorded in threatening numbers in isolated localities in Iowa. 
Abundance of fruit aphids is reported from the New England. States southward 
to Virginia as subnormal. A similar condition also prevails throughout the East 
Central and West Central States. 
Citrus aphids appeared late in February in considerable numbers on young 
citrus trees in Florida. 
The vegetable weevil did damage to a variety of truck crops in the Gulf district 
of Mississippi and Louisiana. 
A large infestation of the gipsy moth has been located within 5 miles of the 
eastern border of the barrier zone in Connecticut. 
An insect' new to this country has been found attacking wistaria at Greenwich, 
Ccm. It is Lecanium excrescens Ferris. 
GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS ( Ac r i di dae ) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (February 17): The grasshopper situation remains 
unchanged. The heavy snowfall over the State has, I believe, rendered such 
protection that very few of the eggs will be injured by the cold. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (February 20): Eggs of grasshoppers passed the 
winter in excellent condition. Bee fly larvae and meloid larvae are fairly 
abundant, but not abundant enough to make any material difference so far as 
grasshopper prospects for next spring are concerned. If weather conditions 
are favorable to grasshoppers in the spring and unfavorable to plant growth, 
we expect a large amount of grasshopper damage in South Dakota during the year, 
However, I do not believe that the damage will be so severe as it was in 1931. 
