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B3AN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotona trifurcata Forst.) 
Louisiana W. 3. Hinds (August 21): C. trifurcata is very abundant on 
soybeans at Baton Howe. 
VETCH 
A 3RUCHID ( Mylabri s brachialis Fahraeus)* 
SORGHUM 
COM LEAF APHID ( Aphi s ma idis Fitch) 
Mississippi State Plant Board, Press Release (August 3): The corn leaf 
aphi&s were very abundant on sorghum in the Delta. 
GRASS 
SOD W3BW0RMS ( Craobu s spp. ) 
Virginia W. S. Hough (August 27): Sod v/ebwor .is, Crambus spp., have been 
doing considerable damage on golf greens in northern Virginia. 
C. R. Wiley (August 28): Specimens of grass wonts, Crambus 
spp.,were received from Monterey, Highland County, August 14. 
Reported as doing considerable damage to lawns. 
Ohio 5. W. Mendenhall (August 10): Sod webworms are doing consider- 
able damage to lawns and golf courses at Columbus and throughout 
central Ohio. We have not yet identified them as far as the 
soecies. 
J. S. Houser (August 22): Scd webworms have caused excessive 
damage to lawns, fairways, putting greens, and, in fact, turf of 
all kinds in Ohio. At "./coster, August 15 - 22, there was a very 
heavy flight? of "roths. Some parasites have been observed. It 
is the worst outbreak on record. 
T. H. Parks (August 24): Injury iron Crambus larvae to lawns 
and golf courses continued through the first half of August but 
has nov subsided. Moths of C. trisectus Walk, and C. teterrollus 
Zinck. v/cre caught at a trap light in large numbers during the 
entire month. Some lawns were destroyed by the larvae during 
July and early August. 
•Acknowledgment: The note on this insect in the Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, 
Volume 11, Ho. 6, page 347, should be credited to L. J. 3ottimer. 
