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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (August 13): Me lano^lus femur- rub ru." DeG. , h. 
atlanis Riley, and Camnula pellucida Scud:'., are qv.ite destructive 
to nursery stock in some nurseries in Franklin County. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (August 22): There is some indication of grass- 
hopper populations "building up over most of central and north-central 
Illinois. In a few places grasshoppers are suff icientl" abundant to 
justify poisoning. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (August 23): Grasshoppers are very abundant along 
the Missouri River, the heaviest infestation "being south from Wood- 
bury and Harrison Counties. Light and spotted inf est at ions cccur 
throughout the western half of the State. The species concerned are 
the lesser migratory and the differential (M. differentialis Thos.) 
and two-lined (M. bivittatus Say) grasshoppers. Seme poisoned "bait 
has "been used as far east as Story and Wapello Counties. The grass- 
hopper population is probably larger than it has been any time during 
the past 10 years. 
Horth Dakota. F. D. Butcher (August 21 ): Grasshoppers have developed 
about as indicated in all parts of the State. Egg laying, although 
late, is taking place in all sections. Range-land species are very 
abundant in some western counties. C. pe Unci da continues to be 
dominant in northeastern counties. M. bivittatus seems to be sliglitlj' - 
on the increase. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 20): One report of grasshoppers being abun- 
dant at Clayton. M. differentialis and U. bivittatus are present in 
larger numbers than last year. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 15 to 3l) : Grasshoppers were reported damag- 
ing alfalfa in Johnson Counts' - on July IS. A garden in Furnas County 
was seriously damaged by July 23. Grasshoppers were pre cent in Harlan 
County in sufficient numbers to seriously damage alfalfa and other 
crops. (August 15): Grasshoppers were damaging young alfalfa fields 
in southern Butler County between August 10 and 13. The differential 
grasshopper and the red-legged grasshopper were defoliating apple 
trees at Verdon, Richardson County, on August 13. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (August 21): Several species of grass.-, -s are 
doing some damage to cotton throughout the central and western parts 
of the State. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (August): The greasy cutworm ( A^rotis ypsilon Rott.) 
was unusually abundant at Bar Harbor from August 1 to 10. 
