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Illi,nois. W. P. Flint (July '22): First"— general ion adults of the southern 
corn rootworm -(D. duo do c impunc t at a F.) appeared in large numbers in 
cornfields on July 1J. Appeared in the southern. part of the State 
as early as July 7* Adults of D. longicornis were' appearing in larger 
numbers than usual on July 21 at Urbana. Some were seen in St. Clair 
County on July l4. . 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (July l4) : Northern melon Beetle (D. longicornis) 
is feeding on the silk of corn in several fields in Obion County. 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 2l) i Corn is a’oout 1 foot high 'and flea. Beetles 
are extremely abundant and doing a lot of damage near Spencer, in Clay 
County, in western Iowa. (H. S. BarBer states that they are cither 
a species of Cola.spis or Rhabdopterus .) Larva„c of a Beetle, Colaspis sp 
has destroyed a few thousand acres of corn in Tama,, Benton, Linn, Iowa, 
Johnson, and Black Hawk Counties, in eastern Iowa. 
Nebraska. H. D. Tate (July 17) J Striped flea. Beetles ( Systena ta,cnio,tn Sa,y) 
were reported destroying young corn just a,s it came up in Dodge 
County on June 21. 
OLAY-COLORED 3ILLBUG ( Calcndra aoqualis Gyll.) 
Indiana. H. R. Painter (July 2o) J Found doing considerable damage to a 
cornfield on low ground, on June 4. Moderate growth of sedge through- 
out the field was also Being attacked. 
SILE BEETLES ( Luperodes spp.) 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (July 24): Abundant in north— central Louisiana since 
.June 10. Small numbers of adults are already parasitized By the fly 
Amedoria, luctuosa Meig. 
1TITIDD1IDS ( Carpopliilus spp.) 
.Illinois. C. L. Metcalf (July 19 ) : C. niger Say was injurious to sweet corn 
in Livingston County, caking the developing kernels a,t the tips of 
ears in mid-July. 
Missouri. L. Hasemari (July 2S): Two or more species of sap Beetles have 
Been extremely abundant and injurious to the tips of roasting ears 
in central Missouri and in other parts of the State since early in 
July. They were still abundant on July 26 , working especially in 
the tips of ears damaged By Birds and By earworms. 
SUGAR CADE BEETLE (Euetheola rug i ceps Lee.) 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June l 6 ) : Found on corn roots at Russellville 
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