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A. C. Burrill (May 17 ) s Rosebuds attacked at Jefferson City, First in- 
jury of year, 
Kansas, H. R. Bryson (April 27): Abundant in most gardens, strawberry patches, 
and cultivated areas. Numerous enough at Junction City to cause' some in- 
jury to wheat. May booties have just begun coning to lights, 
Utah. G. F, Knowlton and F. C. Harnston (May IS) : Reported as causing consider- 
able damage to fall wheat in Carbon County, especially in the area near Price, 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae) 
New York, N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May 22): Apparently more numerous 
in Orleans County, western New York, than usual. Eastern field wireworms 
( Limonius ectypus Say) proving a considerable pest in several -greenhouses in ’ 
Monroe County, western New York. Evidence indicates that -they are breeding 
in these locations. 
North Carolina. J. U, Gilmore and W. A. Shands (.April): Quantitative sampling 
of Monocrepidius spp. done on November 3, 1938, in a field of soybean stubble 
near Reeky Mount, an averasp of 1.2 wireworms per square foot being found by 
examining a 6- inch depth of soil in 10. square-foot samples -taken -at random. 
Thirty-two similar samples on March 27, after field had remained undisturbed 
during fall .and winter, showed an average of 1.9 wireworms per square foot. 
Fields thoroughly plowed to a depth of about 6 inches soon after March 27, and 
on April 12, from J2 similar samples, there was- found an average- of- 1.1' wire- 
worms per square foot. Soil loose and rather dry on last sampling date and 
it seems probable that some wireworms were below the 6-inch depth of sampling. 
Sampling on first date confined to on area of 0.4 acre, while for the second 
and third dates original area extended to include 1| acres. 
Georgia. T, L, Bissoll (May 19): Corn at Experiment, in a dates- of-planting test 
following Austrian peas, now attacked by wireworms, possibly Monocrepidius 
sp. , of which 29 were found in 20S stalks. 
Missouri. L. Hasoman (May 24); A few scattered reports of serious damage to 
corn received from the north-central part of the State. ’ f 
Nebraska, E. B. Whelan (April 27): Wireworms ( Ludius sp., possibly L. aeripennis 
Kby. ) found feeding in a grasshopper egg mass from York on April- 21, Others 
of the same species found in similar locations- on the same date, three being 
the most in any one capsule. Other wireworms, Limonius sp, , taken from a 
wheatfield near Kimball, (Det, by A. G, Boving. ) 
Kansas, H. R. Bryson (April 27): Snail wireworms, Aeolus dorsalis Say, numerous in 
a wheatfield at Junction City on April 24, but not causing injury.- 
Washington. H. P. Lauchester (May 17): Limonius californicus Mann, noted damaging 
sugarbeets near Lowden. 
California, M. W, Stone (May 20): Tomato .plantings in Orange County thinned out 
considerably during May from attack by L. californicus . In a 10-acre field 
