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Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 28): A major pest in some of the eastern and north- 
eastern counties. There is a conspicuous increase over last year, when 
commercial damage occurred for the first tine since the horer was first 
found in the State over 10 years ago. A definite increase in 2-generation 
"borers. As many as 900 moths collected in a single night from 10 light 
traps in a cornfield in Allen County, 
COM LEAF APHID ( Aphis maidis Eitch) 
Hew York, H. Y. State Coll. Agr. Hews Letter (August l4) ; Several "bad infesta- 
tions on corn in Livingston County, western Hew York. 
Pennsylvania. T. L. Guyton (August 9 ) ' Serious damage done to the upper parts 
of corn pi, ants in York County. In many cases completely covered. 
L. E. Dills (August 15 ) : Generally distributed over most of the State 
and unusually abundant on field and. sweet corn. 
Maryland. E. H. Cory (August f)i Very heavy, general infestation, accompanied b? 
parasites and predators, particularly ladybird beetles. 
Virginia. J. R. Lintner (August 2l) : Field-corn tops and tassels show a condi- 
tion more prominent than ordinarily seen in the vicinity of Leesburg, even 
in fields where corn ears are practically made. (Det. by P. W. Mason.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 28): Very abundant in many areas of the State and 
somewhat harmful to corn, especially hybrid corn. 
E. V. Walter (August 21): The first aphids infested with Lys iphlebus 
testaceipes Cress, observed on August 8 and only a very few observed to 
August 19 . All species of coccinellids very scarce, possibly owing to 
heavy parasit ization of them, both last year and this, by Dinocampus 
coccinellae S chr. 
Minnesota. H, Milliron (August 18): Abundant on corn at Doran. 
Hebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 15 ) : Reported as severely attacking com in Wayne 
and Burt Counties on July 22 and 27, respectively. On August 5 , 7» and 9 
came reports of heavy infestations on sorghums in Buffalo, Redwillow, and 
Hamilton Counties. 
CORH LANTERNELY ( Peregrinus maidis Ashm. ) . 
Georgia.. T. L. Bissell (August 22)j Thick on leaf bases of young corn at Woolsey 
central Georgia. - - 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 24): Some injury to corn reported in the north- 
eastern section. 
CORN R00TW0RM ( Diabrotica longiccrnis Say) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 28): Damaged corn in southwestern Indiana by eating 
silks,, preventing fertilization. 
