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Illinois, ,P. Plint (June 23)1 Light— trap catches at Urhana have shorn 
about four times o,s many , beetles taken in traps this yea.r as in 1940, 
Nebraska* H. D. Scate (May 20) : June beetless, P » crassissima Blanch,, were 
flying around lights in Buffalo County today. 
WHIT3-PRI1TGLD 3ZSILE ( Pantomorus leucoloma Boh.)' 
General, B, M, Ga.ddis (June 12): Pirst field-collected adult beetles of 
the season from Mobile, Ala,, and Lmrcl and Manic, Miss,, were reported 
during the week ended June 12, In Mobile the Icnovm infestation in 
the Magazine district was found to extend two blocks farther Ccustward 
and south’.\ra-rd. In the Monroeville, Ala#, a.roa a field of swoctpotatocs 
at Bunnel Springs had been destroyed by larvae, was replanted, and the 
second plants were being killed by the larvan, A garden near Peterman, 
Ala#, also showed larval damage. In the Plorala area, near Svea, Pla, , 
adult beetles were easily found on several properties. In New Orleans, 
La,, emergence appeared to increase somewhat near the close of the 
week and high populations of beetles wore found in one location along 
Hibernia- Avenue# 
WIREHOEiiS (El at er i dae) 
Maine# E. H. Lathrop (June I3) : Eastern field wireworms (Limonius agonus Say) 
v-/ere destructive to planted corn seed in Eranklin County, 
Nexir York, N. Y. State Coll, A^r, News Letter (jure 9)* Reports of damage 
by agonus were received from Long Island, and from Oneida- and Erie 
Counties, 
South Carolina. N. C. Nettles and E. Sherman (June 2.4): Eewer sand wire- 
worms, Horistonotus uhlerii Horn, present than in 1940# 
North Eakota, H. S. Belford (June 23): Prairie grain x/iroworm ( Ludius 
aereipennis Kby.) has severely infested sma-11 grains at McCanna and 
Einley, 
Georgia, P. M, Gilmer, ot al. (June l4): Ra-thcr severe cotton-square 
damage reported from Turner County, 
Iowa, H, E. Jaques (June): Light to moderate inf esta-tions in scattered 
counties throughoiit the State, 
Utah, G, E. Knowlton (May 27): Wireu'orm injury severe in field corn, 
beans, and peas in home gardens a-t La- Point. (June 2): Causing 
some injury to peas and lima beans in a fevr fields a-t , Springville 
and Mapleton, (June ll) : Eamaging young corn in. spots a-t Murray, 
as many as 50 being found a-round some hills at germination time, 
California# M, N, Stone (June 17) : Aeolous livens Lee, is responsible 
for considera-ble damage to lima- beans in an SQ-acre planting near 
Saticoy, Ventura County, Siftings ma-de in the rov;s on June IJ' showed 
equal numbers of la-rva-e of A, livens and Limonius californicus Ha-nn, 
