S light- 1 cwnode rat e increases of infestation were recorded for central Ohio, 
eastern and northern Pennsylvania, northwestern and south-central Virginia, an 
north-cefttral North Carolina. In the wheat seeded in Pennsylvania in the fall 
of 1938 light-to-nodernte infestations occurred in the western part, heavy in- 
festations 'in the central part, and .light infestations in the eastern part. Gen- 
erally light infestations' were found in Maryland arid Delaware, For Ohio, 
Indiana,' Illinois and Michigan volunteer wheat was moderately to heavily in- 
fested, hut infestation was limited to rather isolated localities where sufficient 
ranfall occurred, 'Early sown fields of wheat showed noderat e- t o-ho avy infesta- 
tion, depending on local conditions of moisture. In general, where .the safe— seed- 
ing dates ""ere adhered to, light or no infestations were recorded. In parte of 
northern and central Indiana, especially whore the harvest— time survey of stubble 
indicated a heavy infestation in prospect, many early sown wheat fields, even 
those seeded near the safe date, show rather severe injury, although the favorable 
fall weather permitted these fields to partially putgr.ow, the damage. No damage 
to fall-sown wheat was renortel from Kentucky and Tenn e ssee, For Iowa., Nebraska, 
Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma the drought caused conditions unfavorable for 
hessian fly during the' fall months, ‘Volunteer wheat was generally aosent but 
when occurring in localized areas it showed light— to— moderate infestations. In- 
festations to regular fall-seeded wheat were generally light, with damage 
negligible, the larger acreages of wheat having escaped infestations by delayed 
germination r 'f the seed until tho fly season ended, (W. B, Cartwright and Curtis 
Benton, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
CHINCH BUG ' 
The threat of moderate- to-severe infestations in scattered localities 
from. western Indiana across Illinois, southern Iowa, central and northern 
Missouri, into. southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, 
as indicated by numbers of bugs in hibernation at the beginning. of the year, 
was to a large extent removed by the cold, wet spring, unfavorable to establish- 
ment and increase in the small grains. The warm, dry weather late in the summer 
end fall was very favorable for the maturing of the. summer generation in corn 
and its successful establishment in winter quarters. As a result, there are many 
localities in which the bugs are from moderately to extremely abundant in an area 
extending from central Ohio across Indiana, Illinois, the southern three tiers of 
counties in Iowa, and north-central Missouri. While no reports are available from 
Kansas or northern Oklahama, fragmentary notes have been received which indicate 
the presence of at lea^t spotted infestations in southern Oklahoma and north- 
central Texas, Should weather conditions be favorable to tho bugs next spring, 
moderate- to-severe local infestations may occur over a rather large area in the 
■Contral States, (C. M. Packard, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. 
D. A.) 
MORMON CRICKET 
It '""as estimated in the fall of 1937 that over 4,000,000 acres in Nevada, 
Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming were infested with Mormon 
crickets. In 'the fall of 1938 tho known infested area had increased to 18,900,0^0 
acres. In 1938 infestations were found in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South 
Dakota, Damage to crops in 1938 amounted to over 5 percent, and damage to range 
amounted to l4 percent. Over 235»000 acres of crop land and over 12,881,000 acres 
of .range land were infested. It is estimated that over l,375»OQO crop acres were 
