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Missouri, L, Hascnan (April 24);,. Cool v;eathcr has "been retarding the nomnl 
spring flight throughout nost of the State, Early in the nonth soqo flights 
occurred on days in northwestern read west-central Missouri^ In central 
Missouri chinch hugs have been taken bn insect screens on only 1 day during 
the last week* With the relatively snail winter nortallty, a hea,vy nove- 
nent into snail grains is expec'tod v/ith the first really prolonged v/affn 
spell, 
Nebraska, M. H. Swenk (April 15) i Enough survived the v/inter in southeastern 
Nebraska to constitute a serious menace to grain crops in the event of n dry 
spring. An analysis of winter mortality in southeastern Ncbra,slca showed 
that, although the general 'nortality is higher than normal, the nunlper of 
surviving bugs, is very great, ov;ing to the large population that went into 
hibernation, &rea,tly iacrea,sod barley acreage in the infested area, t®*^ 
gether with the shift toward sorghums, are additiono.1 factors towaM the 
development of a serious outbreak. Samples of cover in v/hich the |}ugs were 
winteringi collected during the la,st 2 weeks in March in the southeastern 
corner of the’ State, indicated that the genera.1 nortality over the area was 
36,7 percent. The chief cover examined consisted of the big blucstem and 
little bluosten grass clumps. The bugs survived considerably better in the 
little bluesteu, where the nortality as a v/hole v;as only 1J.9 percent^ thejQ 
in the big bluesten, v/here it was 43*1 percent, 
Nrasas, H. R. Bryson (April 25) i More abundant than lisuo-l in almost evapy 
locality in the eastern half of the State, Particularly true where the fall 
surveys revealed a large number of hugs going into hibernation, ^hile no 
definite figures are available, indico,tions are that winter mortality was 
light. Observed mating at Manhatten on April 20, An outbreak is almost 
certain if favorable weather continues, 
HESSIAN FLT (Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Ohio, T. H. Parks (April 25);' Very scarce in central Ohio, and no eggs could be 
found on wheat near Columbus on April 24, 
Illinois, B. W, La Hue (April 25); I'laterial collected from a heavily infested 
field of volunteer wheat near Chrisman, Edgar County, on April 23 showed 
70 live pupated larvae, 3 dead larvae, 21 pupae, and 4 hir^ty puparia out of 
100 puparia exam.incd. In a field of fall-sown v/hoat nearby, 22 percent of 
the fly forms were larvae in the rice-grain stage and JS percent wore pupat^e^d 
larvae. " ’ 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 25); Reported as scarce- in the State, 
FALSE VriEEW0R14S ( Eleodes spp.) 
Nebraska, M. H, Swohk (April 15)» 5?he plains false v/ireworm (S. opaca Soy) was 
reported as doing considerable damage to wheat in Hitchcock and Hayes Countie 
on April 2 and 6, 
Kansas, H, R. Bryson (April 25) • The dry season of 1939 again favored false 
wirovrorms, Ti<'0 reports received that the larvae, where abundant, attack 
the underground pa.rts of wheat plants. This type of injury, is not very 
common. A considerable amount of the wheat that did not germinate Inst fall 
v;as injured before the larvae went down into the soil to spend the v/inter. 
