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Delaware. E. J. Udine (Julv 20) : A 4-percent infestation found in New Castle 
County, 3-percent in Kent .County, and less than 1-percent in Sussex County. 
Maryland. E. J. Udine (July 31 ) : Infestation by counties as follows: Cecil, 1 
percent; Qp.een Anne:?, ,4 percent. In western Maryland infestation by countic 
ran as follows: Baltimore, 5 percent; Carroll, 20 percent; Montgomery, 5 
percent; and Washington, 10 percent. Average for western Maryland, 8 per- 
cent. 
Virginia. E. J. Udine and J. S. Pinckney (July): Infestation by counties as 
follows: Campbell, 1 percent; Essex, 2 percent; King George, 1 percent; 
Rockingham, 2 percent; and Westmoreland, 5 percent. Average for State, 
less than 1 percent— 0. 74. 
Ohio. J. S, Houser (July 3l)i Intensity of infestation sharply declined, this 
being the third season of lessening damage since 1936 / when two counties 
on the eastern border each averaged 68-percent infestation. The highest 
infestation was in Tuscarawas,.' 22 percent. Spread westward into new terri, 
tory much less than for some years. 
EUROPEAN WHEAT STEM SAWFLY ( Cephus pygraaeus L. )' 
Pennsylvania. E. J. Udine (July 3l)j Survey consisted of examination of 5 wheat* 
fields in each county and $0 wheat culms in each field. Infestation by 
counties as follows: Adams, 6 percent; Bucks, 4 percent; Cumberland, 2 
percent; Lehigh, 4 percent; Union, 2 percent; York, 3 percent; and Centre, 
l6 percent. Average infestation for State, 2.6 percent. 
Maryland. E. J. Udine (July 31 ) S Survey showed less than 1— percent infestation, 
centered in Cecil County. 
GREEN BUG ( T pxppt era gram inum Rond.) 
Kansas. R. H, Painter (August 8): Wheat plants severely damaged by the green 
bug, although the insects appear smaller than usual. This sort of damage 
occurring widely in central Kansas , and a good deal of it suspected in 
western Kansas, where green bugs were abundant last month. This is the 
irst time in our experience that this insect has done damage so late in 
the season. (Let. by P, W, Mason. ) 
CORN 
CHINCH BUG ( Blis sus leucopterus Say) 
Illinois. W p, Flint (August 19 ): Rains late in July and in the first half of 
August have, m most instances, prevented damage. Moderate numbers still 
present in spotted areas all over the State, but little damage done. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 5): The second brood is causing considerable injury 
o late corn and sorghums in the eastern third of the State. Adults of the 
irst generation flew into com and sorghum fields instead of migrating in 
e usual manner as nymphs. Reports of abundance received from Scranton an 
