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adults did not run over 5 'to the lincn,r foot, "but nymphs v;erc as high 
as 50* Potential migration throat reported in the eastern half of 
Saunders County on Juno 20, 
Kansas, L. W. Hepner (June iS) : Very few heavily infested fields in 
Cherokee County. The northvfestern and north-central pants of 
Lahette County seem to have the heaviest infestation. Elk County 
is in the center of the most heavily infested area of the State, 
All parts of the county are about equally infested. In IiTilson and 
Crawford Counties harvest is well along and some hanriers have hoen 
constructed. Control meanures arc necessary in Hoosho County, 
In Butler County infestation is uniform with thrca.tcning popuJL actions, 
Missouri, P. C. Stone (June 2.’'})*, Mo largo gcncraA State-wide flights 
from winter hihorna-ting quarters to smaAl gra.ins this spring. In 1 or 
more of 20 counties small sporadic flights were recorded every 
2 or 3 days from April I 3 to May 13» and also on Maj^ 27 . The State, 
as a vjhole, was rather lightly infested v/ith the first hrood. Most 
severe inf osta.tions were generally found in the winter-killed 
v;hea,tf ields in the northern and vrest-contral parts of the Sta-to, 
Pew hugs matured in vigorous fields of whca.t a.nd scarcely a field 
of oats was infested. Continued sca.ttorcd and Sta.tc— v/ido rains 
came too early in April and too late in May to bring about any material 
reduction of the first brood of bugs, 
Oklahoma. K. T. Rainwater (junc 20) : Prai-ctica.lly all of the \irhoat has 
been harvested or is fully ripened in the amca most hoa.vily infested 
v;ith chinch bugs. Corn is from 6 inches to 6 feet high, so no 
injurious migrant ions are expected, 
R, G. Dahms (June 22): Owing to hardbea^ting radns on June 6, 
many small nymphs were killed, and during May a„nd first hadf of June 
a fungus killed many bugs. Most of the bugs are in the fourth and 
fifth insta.rs, with a fev; f irst-generadion adults. 
TJHEAT JOIlTTl'JOPJyi ( Harmolita- tritici Pitch) 
Ohio, T. H, Panics (June 25 )! IHaead. jointworm has increased since last 
year and fields hane been found where bet\;een 30 ^<3. 40 percent of 
the strav;s were carrying these galls. Lodging of stra.ws is not 
prevalent and no serious drmage is expected, 
Illinois, J. H. Bigger (June 26) : Spotted areas arc present throughout 
centrad and southern Illinois, v;ith breakage amoinnting to from 5 to 
10 percent, 
COEN ROOTNOEliS ( Piabi-otica spp,) 
South Carolina,, W. ^0. Nettles (Juae 7 ) • Specimens o f DiaJbrotica. sp, which 
caused stanvadion symptons in banley wore submitted, Pirst time it 
has neon noted in the State, A 40— a,crc field wa,s involved, in which 
some spots soverad yards squame would be affected and other spots 
equadly largo would be unadfcctcd. Collection V7a.s made on May 10, 
(Det, by ¥. H, Anderson.) (June 24): The southern corn rootworm. 
(B, duo dec impun c t at a P.) is above average in injury. 
