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emerged and 103 pupated and successfully reached the adult-fly stage, 
giving a total successful parasitization of IS percent. Even heavier 
parasitization has been reported from western Nebraska, especially in 
Garden County, where the toll of Sarcophaga kellyi on the grasshopper 
papulation has become obvious on'Some farms. Parasitization of grass- 
hoppers by S t kellyi was. first reported from Hall County on June 22« 
A. great abundance of the mite Eutrombidium trigonum has also developed 
on Nebraska grasshoppers. The first reports of the presence of these 
., mites in abundance came from Jefferson, Boone, and Dodge Counties on 
June 25, 26, and JO, resoectively, and reports have since become 
. .' general over the State. Since the end of June, and especially during 
July, there have been reports of heavy infestation of grasshoppers, 
especially of K, bivittatus and M. differentialis with hairworms 
(Gordiacea). These have come from Richardson County north to 
Douglas and Madison Counties and west to Furnas County. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 22): Although grasshoppers are abundant in 
most sections of the State, the situation is not alarming and not 
as bad as last year. . In some localities parasitization is playing 
an important role in- the natural control. The most common parasites 
are the dipterous ones and the horsehair snake ( Mermis sp.)« In 
northeastern Kansas 50 percent parasitization has been observed in 
some localities, but the number of reports received by corre-r 
spondence have been comparatively few. This is no doubt due to the 
effective organized control campaigns that have been instituted in 
the counties. Such campaigns are usually accompanied by the dis- 
tribution of information that would ordinarily be sent out in 
correspondence. Most of the species involved at present are Me- 
lanoplus bivittatus , M. mexicanus , M, differentialis , ' and M. femur - 
■ ruorufli ' The lubber grasshopper Brachystola magna Gir # is more 
abundant on the highlands north and around Manhattan that it has 
been for several years. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (July 2l): The outbreak of M. ' femur- rub rum and 
M. differentialis in several counties has been satisfactorily 
controlled. The nurserymen of Franklin County have reported that 
the peach leaves on young growing stock were badly eaten by grass- 
hoppers before they knew of their presence. 
L. B. Scott (July 16): Grasshoppers are still present in large 
numbers, with the most noticeable damage in tobacco. Where no baits 
have been applied the damage amounts to as much as SO percent. 
Arkansas. D. Isely (July 2^): It has been estimated that 335,000 acres of 
crop land had potentially. injurious infestation of grasshoppers during 
the latter part of June and the early part of July. The greater part 
of this infestation, was M.-. differentialis . In some spo'ts, however, 
"M. mexicanus was the dominant species, and its appearance was earlier 
in June,. The most seriously injured area, was . in the Delta between 
the St.' Francis and Mississippi Rivers, in .northeastern- Arkansas, with 
some heavy infestation in the counties immediately '.vest of this. The 
