Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division

1st Rept abundant adults Agric appear attack August beet beetles Black Scales Boll Worm breeding cages brood brown bugs C. V. RILEY caterpillars cent CHIEF ARTICLES color corn cotton County covered crop damage dead deposited Dept destroyed Devastating Locust disease eggs emulsion Entomologist experiments feeding female fields fruit gallons grasshoppers ground habits hatched Hessian fly honey Icerya purchasi inches infested injury insecticide INSECTS AFFECTING July June kerosene kerosene emulsion large numbers larva larvæ later leaves Lecanium localities mature Melanoplus Migratory Locust moths nearly observed October orchards oviposition parasites Paris green pest Phylloxera placed plants plats plowing Plusia poisoned portion posterior pounds present pronotum pupa pupated pyrethrum Red Scale region REMEDIES Rocky Mountain Locust scale insects scale-insects season segment September side solution span-worms species specimens sprayed spretus spring swarms Tegmina tibiæ tion tubercles wash wheat wings yellow young