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Indiana. L, F. Steiner (May ll) j A rather heavy flight of adult armyworras to 
codling noth halts during the last 10 days in the Vincennes area. 
D. W. La Hue (May 23): Large nunberr of noths taken in a light trap at 
La Fayette on May 9* 
Missouri, G. D. Jones (May 10.): Reported tc he in localized spots in southwestern 
Missouri on May 5. Not apparent in serious numbers but conditions favorable. 
No moths observed at Columbia. 
L. Hasenan (May 24):. Reported from the southeastern part of the State that 
the first young were observed on May 13 in wheat and wild grasses and that a 
few noths were taken in codling noth traps a few days earlier. No Infestation 
of any consequence. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): A lidht outbreak occurred during the last month on 
oats in Washington, Sunflower, Leflore, and' a few other Delta counties. First 
specimens reported from Sunflower County on about April 24. Control measures 
used. 
FALL ARMYW OHM ( Laphygma frugiperda A. & S . ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Larvae received from Wayne County, where they were 
feeding on com. Infestations light, 
WHEAT WHITE GRUB ( Phyllophaga lanceolata Say) 
Kansa.s, H. R, Bryson (May 24); Abundant in wheat in south-central Kansas. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (May 23): A beetle, probably P. lanceolata . reported as 
damaging cotton in Cotton County. Beetles were emerging from a nearby wheat- 
field. 
MITES (Acarina) 
Kansas. H. H. Walkden (May 6): Wheat brown mite has seriously damaged many fields 
of winter wheat in Rawlins and Thomas Counties, western Kansas. A few fields 
are practically a total loss. No barley fields observed as damaged but nites 
numerous on some plants, 
H. R. Bryson (May 25): Brown spots occurring in wheat south of U. S. High- 
way 24 , western Kansas, were caused by the presence of brown mites. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fonton ( May 22): The brown mite ( Tetranychina tritici Ewing) was 
a serious pest in wheat in the southwestern part of the State. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (May S): Mites, possibly Tetranobia longipes Banks, taken 
from wheat in Dallas County. (Det. by E, A. McGregor.) 
