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Illinois. 'W, P, Flint (July 26): Infestation is very spotted. Some 25 counties 
required control operations. Infestation in corn above average for this 
tine of the year, and a, heavy second brood nay be expected with nornal 
weather. 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (July 23)! Heaviest infestations have appeared in the 
west-central and' northwestern quarters of the State* Practically all gen- 
eral migration from snail grains to corn has ceased. 
Iowa. C, J. Drake (Juno 28): Pound in outbreak numbers in 50 to 70 counties, 
Pavorable conditions in the late summer of 1939 caused the infestation to 
become heavy and widespread in 3 or 4 tiers of southorn couhtics, extending 
farther north in the western half of Iowa. Winter mortality’ in the infesto. 
counties ranged from J percent in the southeastern counties to 20 to 50 per- 
cent in the southwest and SO to 90 percent in the northwest. Surviving 
population in the most heavily infested counties more than sufficient to., 
produce offspring greater than the food supply in the small grainfields. 
Weather conditions during spring and early summer very favorable for 
migration to such fields. Egg laying began .about the first week in June. 
Control operations going on in more than 50 counties. In a number of coun- 
ties some injury Was done to corn by overwintered adults,* A small field of 
sweet corn near Amos almost entirely destroyed by such adults and their 
offspring, which developed in the cornfield. 
Kansas. H, R. Bryson (July 25): A menace to corn and sorghum crops during the 
last month. Infestations heaviest in northeastern and southeastern Kansas. 
Control operations have kept the bugs down considerably. Pirst generation 
now adult, and egg laying going on. Second-generation nymphs have begun to 
appear in sorghum fields. High soil temperatures reduced the numbers of 
bugs forced to migrate from wheat stubble to cornfields, 'In many instances 
migrations were of shorter duration than usual, owing to rapid and uniform 
maturity of snail grains. Infestations worse in the vicinity of barley , 
fields. Recorded in McPherson County as migrating from barley growing in 
pasture land, adjoining cultivated fields. 
Nebraska. H, D. Tate (July 17 ) • Numerous requests for control received from 
Richardson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Johnson, Gage, Lancaster, Otoe, Cas.s, Sarpy, 
Douglas, Saunders, Dodgo, and Washington Counties, where heavy infestations 
have dove loped in most of them. On July 15 most of the bugs were in the 
fourth or fifth insta.rs or adult, and migration from 'small grains to corn 
and sorghum had been largely completed. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (July 22): Reported as attacking St. Augustine grass, on 
July 1 in Dallas County. 
FALSE CHINCH BUG ( Nysius ericae Schill. ) 
Iowa. C, J, Drake (June 28): Extremely abundant in a 20-acre cornfield near 
Clarinda, the population running from 300 to 500 per hill and totally des- 
troying the corn plants. The field had been in soybeans the previous 
season end was weedy*. 
