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CORN BILLBUGS ( Calendra spp, ) 
Ohio. T, H, Parks (July 24): Sweet corn being stunted by* larvae .on July 15 in 
Erie County. Larvae of £, parvula Gyll, found burrowing in wheat straws 
near the soil surface in several counties. This injury was rather severe 
. in Warren County, , 
Alabama, J. M, Robinson (July 16):‘ £, raaidis Chitt. reported on corn at Hurts- 
. boro on July 3* - 
Iowa, C. J, Drake (June 28); The gray-colored billbug (C, aequalis Gyll,) des- 
troyed part of a cornfield near Sabula, It bred in large numbers in a 
nearby swampy area, containing rank vegetation. 
SEED-CORN BEETLE ( Agonodprus lecontoi Ohaud, ) 
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Iowa, C, J. Drake (June 28): This beetle destroyed 1 U 5 acres of corn in Carroll 
County during the last v/ook of June, Other infestations on a smaller scale 
. were reported at Danbury, Davenport, and Logan, 
, _ CORN SILK BEETLES ( LuperoAes spp,) 
Alabama, J. M, Robinson (July l6)i L. brunnous Crotch reported on July 12 as 
attacking corn at Carrollton, Geneva, and Tuscaloosa, • - ■ 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (July 25): Specimens of L, varicornis Lee., feeding on cor# 
received from Copiah, Grenada, Itawamba, Jones, Perry, and Smith Counties; 
specimens from cotton plants rcceivod from Jones and Tippah Counties, Un- 
usually abundant this season, * 
.Louisiana, C..0, Eddy (July 25): L. brunnous is declining in numbers, after a 
, very active season in the sandhills section north of Alexandria. i 
CORN ROOTWORM ( Diabrotica longicornis Say) 
South Dakota, H. C. Soverin (July 26): Damage reported as occurring in the Bell* 
Eourche area, 
CORN LEAF APHID ( Aphis maidis Pitch) 
Kentucky, W, A, Price (July 25) : Very common on corn in central Kentucky, 
Nebraska,, H, D, Tate (July 17 ) * A heavily infested sorghum plant wa.s received 
on July 11 from Colfax County, 
CORN ROOT APHID ( Anur aphis maidi-radicis Porbes) 
Iowa. H, E, Jaqucs (July): Light, scattered infestations found in eight counties, 
mostly in central Iowa, * 
