OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF AUGUST, 1^21 
The rest Ircportant insect development of the month has been 
the terrific outbreak of the roll weevil throughout the cotton belt. 
Estimates have teen made of a Dons of l,ll6,C00 hales in the prospective 
production since last month's crop forecast, and the snakiest yield per 
acre in 56 years is now anticipated, the crop being less than one-half 
the norsEgl. 
The New Yo~k Hessian f.Ty survey, which has just been received, 
shows an average infestation for the State of S*24 P cr cpn ^ ranging 
from CU44 per cent in IJonroe County to 10 cb per cent in Orleans County. 
The jointworm fie?.d-observation stations of the Bureau of 
Entomology report a decided decrease in infes cation as compared with last 
year in Indiana and about the same infestation at> last year in Illinois. 
The coulee cricket has appeared in threatening numbers in 
parts of Montana and the L^rrcan cricket has been reported as occurring 
in destructive numbers in Colorado. 
The Governor of Colorado has authorized the expenditure of 
§10,000 to combat a very serious outbreak of the long-winged grasshopper 
ill Pueblo, El Paso, Crowley, and Lincoln Counties. 
Seven new townships in Pennsylvania and two townships and 
six islands in Lok© Erie, in Ohio, are now known to be infested by the 
European corn borer. 
The alfalfa caterpillar is worse than It has been during 
the past five years in parts of California, and about one-fourth of 
the third and fourth cuttings has been dcstro./edo 
An outbreak of the velvet bean caterpillar in Florida has 
been reported, but the seriousness of the outbreak is not yet evident. 
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