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watchcd the development, and at the present time a large number have reached 
the adult stage. 
Evening Star, Washington, D. C. (July 26)j The worst grasshopper plague in 
17 years is being experienced by Imperial Valley. Desperate in. their efforts 
to destroy the pest, farmers plan to import pheasants in the hope that the 
birds will eat the hoppers before the second "crop" sprouts' wings. Grapefruit 
have been devoured by the thousands. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp. ) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (July 22): Serious damage from white grubs .is beginning 
to show in cornfields in northern Illinois. 
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Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 24): Serious losses from white grubs are being 
reported by nursery inspectors and other fieldmen in some of the southern 
counties. . 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (July 24); : The area of -serious infestation .in northwestern 
Iowa seems to be enlarging, to the east. The abundance in other parts of the 
State seems less than normal for this brobd, 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 25): Only the usual number of white grubs at. this 
season in central Missouri; though in* southern Missouri one orchardist 
reported defoliations of apple recently. 
GREM JUNE BEETLE ( Cotinis nitida L. ) 
Ohio. N. F. Howard (Jul;' 10): Adults were present in large numbers on sweet 
corn and cucumbers at Marietta on July 8. They, were so numerous as to 
resemble a swarm of Large bumble -be'eg. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 25): At Columbia the green June beetle' was quite 
'abundant for a few days, Ju.ly 15 to 20. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentlcy (July 22): Green June beetles wefe very abundant.<in 
the Cumberland Plateau section and Knox County. 
JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica llewm. ) 
General. C. H, Hadley (July 24): In the older infested territory the Japanese 
beetle is less abundart than last year. This is especially true in the 
Philadelphia suburban region. In thp more recently infested territory the 
beetle is abundant and feeding extensively on the usual preferred food plants. 
In addition to those plants, the beetle is this year feeding on alfalfa, 
clover, and beans. It lias also been causing, for the first time, considerable 
injury in nursery plantings to evergreens, especially Crypt omaria and juniper, 
as well as to rhododendrons and azaleas. The insect has also been reported 
as feeding extensively on a cultivated banana plant in a yard at Moorestown. 
Feeding on waxmyrtle ( i- lyric a carol in en sis ) has been extensive at the Wild- 
wood Golf Course at Burleigh, IT. J. . . 
New Jersey. Headlee and Burdetto (July 24): The Japanese beetle is very abun- 
dant. 
