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E. G. Kelly (January 20): A few adults were observed in Montgomery 
and Labette Counties . They have already started to multiply, 
Oklahoma J. R. Horton (January 23): Mr. H. H. ^alkden has found three fields 
infested with the green bug in small colonies in Noble County. The 
largest of the injured spots measured 20 feet in diameter. No 
evidence of parasites was found, but adults of Hippodamia convergens 
were moderately numerous. (January 29): Thirty-six wheat and 
volunteer oat fields were examined in Oklahoma, Logan, and Carter 
Counties . In Carter County no aphids of any kind were observed; 
in Oklahoma aphids were found but none of them were Tcxoptera; in 
Logan County one wheat field was infested with the green bug. This 
field was very thoroughly infested and covered 20 acres. 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (February l) : A few srall areas in oat fields at the 
Louisiana Experiment station showed damaged by the green bug on this 
date, the oats being stunted in growth and of a brownish color. 
Material determined by Dr. A. C. Baker. 
Texas E. E. Russell (January 5): Found two heavily infested spots in wheat 
fields near Celina, Collin County. The first of these spots was 
noted by the farmer on December 21; by January 5 this spot was entire- 
ly bare. Parasitized specimens were quite plentiful. Sjrrphidae 
and Coccinellidae were also present. This field was lightly in- 
fested last year. Examinations of fields in northern Dallas, Collin, 
and Grayson Counties failed to show further infestations. (January 26) 
Two additional fields have been found to be infested with/green bug 
in Grayson and not hern Collin Counties. 
C. K. Gable (February 2l); The winter has been exceptionally mild 
followed by a cold snap T tm. February 3 the temperature reaching 
22 degrees at San Antonio. The past summer was unusually hot and 
dry with practically no volunteer growth of grain until late in the 
fall. Toxoptera are in such numbers that it does not seem possible 
that they passed the summer on native grass . The general green bus: 
situation does not appear to be alarming, although there is suffi- 
cient infestation to cause serious injury should there be unusually 
favorable weather conditions for the development of the aphids . 
New Mexico R. L. Middleorcok (March ll) : This insect has damaged about 10 per 
cent of the wheat in Dona Anna County. Parasites have not as yet 
appeared . 
GRE/.T PLAINS FALSE rr TRF"'GR T ' ( Eleodes opaca Say) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (March 10): In Nance County early in November the Great 
?lains false wireworm was injurious in the wheat fields, one farmer 
suffering a loss of an entire field that was sown the last of August 
