Montana 
Mississippi 
New York 
South Carolina 
Michigan 
Vermont 
Minnesota 
R. W. Gjullin (Ju]^'):. Pale western cutworm-f Porosa^rotis 
orthogQ.nla Morr.) and army cutworm ( Chcrizagrotis auxillyl.s 
Grote) moths are very abundant. 
COTTON LEAF WOBM ( Alabama ar-^illacea 'Hbn.) 
State Plant Board, Press Release (August 3): No leaf worms 
have yet "been found in Mississippi, "but they are expected at 
any time. 
WIREWORMS (Elateridae)* 
C. R. Crosby (July 30): Wireworms are causing considerable 
injury to oats at Clymer, 
W. J. Reid, jr. (August 17): Wireworms have "been quite 
destructive during the past ten days to young cabbage plants. 
The crop was seeded directly in the field in hills, the usual 
method of planting cabbage during the fall months in this 
section. The wireworms attack the plants as soon as germination 
begins, often destroying all plants in the infested hill. From 
one to three wireworms have been found feeding on one group of 
plants. Fifty per cent of the plant stand has been destroyed on 
a ten~acre planting in the Charleston area. 
WHITE-LINED SPHINX ( Celerio lineata Fab.) 
R. H. Pet tit (August 7): We have an abundance of a hawk moth, 
Deilephila lineata Fab., this year all over Michigan. Each 
mail brings a number of specimens. As is well known the larvae 
of this moth feeds on purslane, a rather troublesome weed. 
PAINTED LADY ( Vanessa cardui L.) 
H. L. Bailey (August 24): Larvae of the painted lady butterfly 
were reported on hollyhocks at Brattleboro. 
P. E. Derby (August 10): The Canada thistle webworms are 
moderately abundant, at Barnum, Carlton County. 
L. W.' Orr (July 16): The thistle butterfly is abundant at 
Itasca Park, and there has been a considerable reduction of the 
growth of Canada thistle. It is also very abundant at Clarissa, 
in Todd County. 
A. G. Ruggles and assistants (August): The thistle fly has 
been very destructive in Aitkin County. As far as the thistle 
fly is concerned it has done more good than harm. 
♦Correction: I.P.S. Bulletin, Vol.11, No. 5, Page '256. 
Note on Keteroderes laurentii Guer. refers to George County, Miss., 
only. 
