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reported as nore destructive than any year since 1932. In western Kansas 
many counties reported severe damage, 20,000 acres of wheat "being destroy- 
ed in Rawlins County. Utah reported 7.500 acres of wheat destroyed in one 
county. Considerable danage to cereal crops was also reported from west- 
ern North Dakota. The variegated cutworm was very destructive in the 
Mississippi Delta. 
A WEEVIL 
Late in June adults of Calonycterus setarius Roelofs "began to 
appear in the known infested territory in the towns of Stratford and 
Sharon in Connecticut, and at Towson, Md. In Connecticut in July 
the adults, nore numerous than in 1935i were feeding on lespedeza, 
desnodium, and other legumes, and in Maryland on alfalfa. A new in- 
festation was discovered this year at Fairfield, Conn., where the 
adults were feeding on clover. 
PERIODICAL CICADA 
Breed X of the periodical cicada occurred this year in enormous 
numbers over the infested territory. A complete account of this insect, 
together with maps of Broods X and XXII, which were to occur in 1936, 
was published as series E-3^, December 1935* I n the following report 
of recorded occurrences in 1936, the names of counties are underscored. 
Occurrence of Brood X: 
Alabama: 
De laware : 
Georgia: 
Illinois: 
Indiana: 
Maryland: 
Michigan: 
Geneva , Geneva. 
New Castle , Chestnut Hill, Iron Hill, Wilmington. 
Fannin , Blue Ridge; Habersham , Cornelia; Meriwether ; 
Murray , Chatswcrth; Rabun , Clayton; Talbot . 
Vermilion , Dan v i 1 le . 
Knox, Bicknell; Orange , Orleans; Tippecanoe , LaFayette; 
Warrick , Elberfeld; Wayne , Hagerstown, Richmond. 
District of Columbia; Allegany , Cumberland; Baltimore , 
Baltimore, Texas, Tinoniun, Towson; Cecil , Conowingo Dam, 
Flkton, IvTorth Fast, Perryville, Red Point; Frederick , 
Lewiston; Howard , Florence; Montgomery , Ashton, Avanel, 
Avery, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Gaithorsburg, Glonmont, 
Norbock, Rockville, Sandy Spring, Silver Spring, Somer- 
set, Takoma Park, Wheaton; Prince Georges , Beltsville, 
Hyattsville, Laurel, Mount Rainier; Washington , Fairview; 
Hancock. 
Calhoun , Albion; Cass , Cassopolis; Genesee , Grand Blanc; 
Kalamazoo . Kalamazoo; Lenawee , Adrian, Tecumseh; Saint 
Joseph , Lakeport Township; Van Buren , South Haven; 
Washtenaw , Ann Arbor. 
