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CEREAL AND F OSAGE-C EOP INSECTS 
WHEAT AND OTHER SHALL GRAINS 
HESSIAN ELY (‘ Phyt ophaga destruc-tor Say) 
Kansas. E. T. Jones (April 20); Dissection of puparia from Junction City on 
April g shows winter survival of 92 percent and 5 2 percent of overwintered 
larvae pupated. No emergence observed. On April 19* -18 percent of flics had 
emerged and 67 percent; of total larvae pupatod. Only 2 percent of plants 
infested with eggs in spot heavily infested with puparia. Emergence delayed 
and oviposit ion curtailed by cool weather. 
CHINCH BUG ( Blis s us leucopterus Say) 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (April 24)* Observed in threatening numbers in Henry, Guthrie, 
and Erenont Counties. 
GREEN BUG ( Tcxoptera graminun Rond. ) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 24)* According to E. G. Kelly and -R. H, Painter the 
• green bugs are present in the southern part nf the State* Colonies numerous 
in oats reported in Greenwood County and vicinity, ' Wheat has grown rank in 
mary localities, and there has been no outbreak. The low temperature during 
part of April has been unfavorable to parasites. - 
Oklahoma. E. A. Eenton (April 2l): The outstanding pest in Oklahoma this month. 
Heavy infestations found in north-central counties, shading to medium and 
light to the east, west, and south. Most of infested fields are barley, al- 
though some infestation is found in wheat. Hard rains and activity of lady- 
beetles apparently have checked the spread of the infestation. 
WHEAT WHITE GRUB ( Phyllophaga lanceolata Say) . 
Oklahoma. E. A, Eenton (April 21): Reported from Bartlesville, Washington County, 
and Okeenc, Blaine County. One field in Cotton County reported as plowed 
up, owing to activity of pest. Infestation generally is much less severe 
than a year ago. 
PLAINS EALS3 WIREWOEM ( Eleodos opaca Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. $wenk (April 20): Pound infesting wheatfields from Kimball and 
Eurnas to Eranklin Counties during the third week in March. 
CORN 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
New Y^rk, L. A. Carruth (April 22): Surveys during the second week of April in 
standing cornstalks and stubble indicated an overwintering larval mortality 
of about 12 percent on western Long Island and a somewhat higher mortality 
in the region of Albany, in the Rudson Valley. 
