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BLACK GEiUN STEM SAWELY ( Tracheitis tahldtis, E . ) 
Pennsylvania, Eelav-are, Maryland and Virginia. C. C. Hill (Octoher 20); The 
wheat-insect survey conducted hy E, J, Udine and J. S. Pinckney yielded the 
following data on abundance of this.sawfly! In Pennsylvania, in Franklin, 
Huntingdon, York, Centre, Butler, , Indiana, and Mercer Counties less than 3 
percent of the stems .were infested. In Delaware 1 percent of the stems were 
.infested in Kent and Hew Castle Counties. In M.aryland, in Cecil, Dorchester, 
and Queen Anner Counties, on the Eastern Shore, there was no infestation. In 
Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington Counties there was 
a 3-percent infestation. In Virginia, in Fauquier, Prince Vfilliam, Loudoun, 
Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Westmoreland, Au^^qista, Rockbridge, * Rockingham, 
Shenandoah, Pittsylvania, Halifax, and Campbell Counties the infestation v/as 
le^s than 2 percent. The range wa.s from 0 to l4 percent. Most southern 
localities where it was found were in Halifax and Campbell Counties. 
'■ CORI^ 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsolete F.) 
Indiana. H. C^ Mason (October 24); Infestation was light on corn and tomatoes 
the first part of the season around Vincennes, southwestern Indiana, Moths 
started to appear in numbers about August 17 and by early September the in- 
festation was heavy in late-planted corn, but tomatoes escaped injury, 
Kentucky. W* A, Price (October 24): Unusually scarce in tomatoes at Lexington, 
although abundant^ in sweet corn, 
Minnesota.^ A. G.^ Rugglis and assistants (October); Some areas around Minneapolis 
and Saint Paul showed heavy infestation in late sweet corn, — 
Iowa, H. E, Jaques (October 25) ! Field corn considerably damaged although the 
pest seems -to be somewhat less abundant than in its worst years, 
Missouri. L. Haseman (October 25): Late sweet corn at Columbia was ■ practically 
lOO-percent infested, 
Kansas, R, W, Portman (October 23): Fronr one to four larvae observed in Cheyenne 
County on October 15 in a compact sorghum head; not all heads of same strain 
attacked. Some compact heads seem to be resistant. Damage amounted to 10 
percent in spots. 
Texas, R, K, Fletcher (October 2l); Usually severely injurious to grain sorghum, 
but not found on sor^um in Robertson, Limestone, Navarro, Ellis, and Dallas 
Counties in a recent survey, 
Arizona, 0, L, Barnes (October 24): Practically all ears examined in several corn- 
fields at Chino Valley, Yavapai County, from September 2J to 29 contained 
larvae. Damage to grain in individual ears ranged from very light to 10 
and 15 percent, depending on the size and number of larvae present in each 
ear. Near Flagstaff, Coconino County, ears of corn w€jro examined at random 
in four fields on October 19-20. All' ears examined In throe' of ' the' fields and 
