WHEAT JOINTWOEM (Harmollta tritici Fitch) 
West Virginia, E. J, Udine (May 23) J Abundant at Kearney svi lie. Eggs 
being laid on wheat today, 
HESSIAN FliY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Pennsylvania, E. J, Udine (May 6): Eggs and adults noted in the vicinity 
of Carlisle today. Oviposit! on very late this year, 
COEN 
COEN EAE WOEM ( Heliothis armigera Hbn, ) 
Georgia, T, L, Bissell (May ll); Two moths caught at a light in Experiment, 
central Georgia, on May 8 and 9* larvae observed, (May 21): 
At Experiment two moths found on corn and a great many eggs, believed to 
be of this species, as well as one small larva, 
Mississippi, G. L, Bond (May 25)i Larvae have become numerous in the coastal 
oouhties during the last 10 days and are damaging corn by feeding in 
the bud, 
Louisiana, L. L, Neveu (May 22): Abundant on flax, 
Texas, F. L. Thomas (April 15): Most of the flax acreage in the State 
extends from the lower Eio Grande Valley north and east to Bexar and 
Wharton Counties. Reported that late-planted flax has been attacked 
in most of this area, in which 17,011 acres were planted in 1939 * 
Approximately one- third of the seed pods destroyed, 
E. W, Moreland, et al,. (May 25)l In examining 1,000 corn plants 
in bottOE>-land and upland fields, in McLennan County, averages of 3 ©gss 
and 21.2 injured plants were found per 100 plants. Eggs and injury 
slightly higher in upland fields, 
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Utah. G, F, Knowlton and D. L, Sargent (April 22): One moth t^en in trap 
light at Cedar City tonight, 
EUROPEAN COEN BOEER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn, ) 
New York. N. Y, State Coll, Agr, News Letter (May I 3 ): A field of stubble 
examined in western Suffolk County, on Long Island, on May 10 showed 
that about 33 percent had pupated. Pupation in Nassau Co'unty on May 9 
averaged between 2 and 4 percent. On May 10 pupation in Columbia and 
Rensselaer Counties, in the Hudson Valley, was between 2 and 3 percent. 
Survey of 35 fields before beginning of plowing revealed a general 
average of 2,295 borers per acre. Average in sweet corn was 3t^5^ 
and in field* corn 480 per acre, (May 20):' Pupation in Nassau County 
was between 15 and 20 percent by May 15; and in Columbia County about 
12 percent on May 17 , (May 27): Pupation is approaching 30 percent 
in Columbia County and is appoximately 50 percent in Nassau County, 
