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in ColumMa and Albany Counties moth emergence from overwintered 
borers from 85- to 90“Pe r cent complete. Control work progressing. 
Eggs relatively abundant. In Dutchess County very young corn borers 
infesting older plantings of corn 100 percent. 
New Jersey. C. A. Clark (June 24): Eggs approximately three times as 
abundant as in 193^ on early market sweet corn in the Beverly 
district of Burlington County. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (June l6) : Prevalent in potatoes at Pocomoke and 
Newark, in Worcester. County. One pupa found, 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (June 26) : Pound infesting 
potatoes in Princess Anne County near Pungo on June 20. This is 
the first record of its occurrence on potatotes in Princess Anne 
County and the first time it has been found in the Pungo area. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 21): Emergence records to date indicate a 
heavy infestation. 
COEN EAR WORM ( Heliothis armigera Hbn.) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (June 26): In Nassau 
County moths are just beginning to appear; one egg and a third- 
instar larva observed in the field. 
Illinois. N. A. Blanchard (June): An occasional egg of corn ear worm 
observed on sweet corn in central part of the State near Urbana 
byJJtca 5* 0* 1 June 7 eggs and newly hatched larvae were abundant 
on leaves and in buds of early dent corn in the vicinity of Carmi, 
southeastern section of the State. Examinations in other areas in 
southern Illinois showed eggs and larvae present on dent and sweet 
corn but not as abundant as in the Carmi area. All larvae observed 
were in first and second instars. On June 8 a small patch of early 
sweet corn, just coming into silk, in the East St. Louis area, had 
from 5 to 15 eggs on each silk. Dent corn in the same area showed * 
only an occasional egg on the leaves. Occasional larvae, about 
third and fourth instar, observed. On June l4, a number of examina- 
tions of sweet and dent corn near Hanna failed to show any eggs or 
larvae. Some of the sweet corn beginning to silk. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (June 23); Pirst corn ear worm eggs found at 
Lexington on June 6. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 21): On corn at Haleyville and Hamilton 
on June 9* 
Missouri. L. Haseman (June 24): Larvae, of presumably the first brood, 
have been causing considerable damage since the middle of June in 
southeastern section; boring down into the undeveloped corn tassels. 
In the central area feeding exposed on the foliage of flowering 
tobacco. 
