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regard toit. We find the ears infested in the fields as well asin the cribs. I am sure 
that they work on sound cobs. 
Mr. L. P. Bell, West, Miss., whose letter has just been quoted in 
brief, wrote: 
Investigation shows that they are in all cribs of corn * * * the farmers are 
becoming uneasy about the crop. They appear to be worst in damaged corn but are 
found in sound ears too. 
Mr. Thos. H. Jones, who has been working under the writer’s 
direction, makes practically the same statement, and Mr. J. B. Gar- 
rett, Assistant Director of the North Louisiana Experiment Station, 
Calhoun, La., under date of November 24, 1915, wrote as follows: 
It would appear from my observation, which of course is rather limited, that the 
“pink corn-worm” is found in ears of corn most frequently where they have been 
previously injured by bollworms, birds, etc., but I have seen them in ears which were 
perfectly sound and showed no signs of other injury. 
We must accept this as the truth m spite of the fact that the writer 
and several others have never seen any infested ear of corn which 
was not first attacked, if ever so lightly, at the tip of the husk by the 
bollworm or some other insect, giving ample opportunity for the moth 
of this species to deposit her eggs. 
On December 2 Mr. W. H. Horne wrote from Laurel, Miss., that 
his community was thrown into considerable confusion by the dis- 
covery of a little pmk corn-worm which was doing damage to many 
cribs of corn. As the pest seemed to be comparatively new he was 
desirous of any information that would enable the growers to stem 
its ravages. He desired also a personal visit from an agent of the 
department. 
The Bureau of Entomology received later, through Hon. T. U. 
Sisson, a communication from Mr. W. B. Rainey, Hesterville, Miss., 
stating that there was a little worm known as the “pink worm”’ in 
that country eating the corn after it was cribbed. Information in 
regard to some remedy was urgently requested. The statement that 
the insect formed a web at the little end of the ear, and from there 
proceeded downward eating and webbing, left no doubt that this was 
the species in question. 
On December 5 Mr. R. P. Wright, wrote from Carthage, Miss., 
amply describing this insect, saying that it threatened to destroy the 
corn in that vicinity, and that numbers were imbedded in almost 
every ear of corn, which they ate most voraciously. 
INJURY DURING 1915. 
During January, 1915, ears of corn showing average infestation 
of the pmk corn-worm were received from Mr. K. H. Diggs, Lexing- 
ton, Miss.; there were three varieties of corn taken from five different 
cribs. The corn was planted between April 5 and May 10, and har- 
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