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Texas. E. L. Thomas (April 22) : On April 10 cutworms had destroyed 
almost 60 acres of cotton in Brazoria County. 
R. E. McDonald (April 20): Cutworms are reported as damaging 
alfalfa in the southern end of the Mesilla Valley. 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (April 2^) • A few climbing cutworms are attacking 
peach trees. 
California. C. S. Morley (April 3): Cutworms appeared to he very plentiful 
in vineyards in Kern County; however, all vineyardists used tanglefoot 
on their vines and prevented serious- injury. 
J. C. Elmore (April 2): Variegated cutworm (L. margaritosa 
saucia) is common on tomato vines near Niland, attacking fruit and 
foliage. Losses are not unusually heavy. 
MOURNING-CLOAK BUTTERFLY ( Hamadryas ant iopa L.) 
New Jersey. W. P. Yetter, Jr. (April 20): The first specimen of the 
mourning-cloak hutterfly in spring flight was observed at Moorestown 
on March 15 . 
A CABBAGE; BUTTERFLY ( Pieris monuste L.) 
Florida. H. T. Eernald (April 13)} .No evidence of migratory flight of 
P. monuste as yet at Orlando. Adults are scarce inland; slightly 
ahundant on the west shore of the Indian River hetween Indian River 
City and Cocoa; quite ahundant opposite Cocoa across Indian River 
(l mile wide there) and increasingly ahundant all the way out to the 
outer "beach (approximately 10 miles b;r road; perhaps 5 miles air 
line). Ahundant on eastern side near outer "beach hut without drift 
in any one direction as yet. 
WIREWORMS ( Slater idae) 
Washington. M. C. Lane (April 20): At Prescott and Pendleton damage from 
Great Basin wireworm ( Ludius noxius Hyslop) is showing up to a 
greater extent this year than normally, "because of the extent of 
winter injury to wheat, resulting in a thin and weak stand. 
M. C. Lane and H. P. Lancliester (April 22): Adults of the 
Pa.cific coast wireworm ( Limonius can us Lee), the sugar heet wireworm 
(L. californicu s, Mann.), and the western field wireworm (L. infuscatus 
Mots.) have "been emerging and mating in unusually large numbers at 
Walla Walla. This intense activity resulted from the unseasonably warm 
weather of the. past 2 weeks which has materially shortened the normal 
emergence period. Oviposit ion is taking place. Some damage by larvae 
to potato seed pieces has been noted. 
