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cial estinates plpjcing a 50“?e^cent loss to field corn. Many ears 
corpjletoly devoid of kernels, 
Virginia. M, R. H\ont (Septenler l7)j live adults, noted on Sentonler 
1^, one eating a rose in Lyon Pp.rk and mother flying in Arlington 
County, near vdiere old ra.dio tov/ers stosd, 
ROSE CHAESR ( Ma,c r o dac ty lus suhspinosus P, ) 
Wisconsin. E. L, Chanhors (Soptenher 24): Abundant in lov/er half of the 
Sta.te, 
CUTWORI-iS (Phalaenidae) 
Ma-ine, A, E. Prower (Septenber); Heavy flight of dark— sided cutvorn 
(E^:qa nessoria Harr.) present at Augusta, bronzed cuWorn ( iTephe- 
lodos eimodonia Crar.i, ) is connon a-t light a.t Augusta. 
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Minnesota. E, E, Milliron (Septenber 17)j Va^riegated cutwom ( Peridrona 
nargaritosa Hav/, ) was abundant in a field of unstalced tonatoes a,t 
Brooklyn Center on Septenber l6, Approzina,tcly 25 percent of the 
green and ripe fruits vrcre danaged. The yellow— striped aripn-/orn 
( Prodenia ornithogaAli Guen.) is generally seance near Saint Paul,. 
Isolated larvae were encountered on asT)anagus and onion, Lanage 
light. 
PAIL ARI-'IYl'JOFM ( Laphygna f rugiperda A, & S.) 
Virginia., H, 0. VLalker and L, L, Anderson (Septenber 24): Sone fields of 
veip'' late corn at Norfolk reported as rather severely damaged, but, 
in genera.l, the injury to corn has been much less than usual. A 
number of :^''Oung ka.le fields were seriouslj'’ danaged, 
Plorida, J, R. Watson (September 22): Reported r.s'present on grass, 
Ala.haiAa, J, M. Robinson (September 19 )j Reported on Soptenher 3 as pres- 
ent on cotton at Pra.ttville, 
Mississippi. C, Lyle, et al, (September 25): Specimens were received from 
Bolivar and La.uderdale Counties, v;herc they were feeding on corn, soy- 
beans, an'"'’ velvetbems. Also reported from Sunflower County, v/ith- 
out mention of food plant. At State College practically all of the 
late corn has been ruined by the insect eating into the ears at the 
tip, in bhe middle, and a.t the base. 
Tennessee, G-. M, Bentley (September 17 )j Very heav^/- infestation in certain 
fields of soybeans at Clarksville, Montgomery County,' destroying the 
leaf and' cnt:n,.iice to pods- and completely devouring the young beans. 
Most an^rec i.abie damage v/a,s in the vanietj'’ Icnow. as 2760 Variety 
knovm as Ogdon, which matures eanlier, had no seed injury but appreci- 
able leaf injury. In some fields there wp.s a. loss of 60 percent of 
