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are asking about the corn ear worm. Apparently the insect is widely- 
distributed in the State and may do & considerable amount of damage* 
Kansas. H, R» Bryson (June 2b): The corn ear worm is very abundant. A 
considerable amount of damage has been done to the curl of the corn 
plants. The insect also has been reported injuring tomoto fruit at 
Canton and Wichita, 
SUGARCANE BEETLE (E uetheola rugiceps Lee,) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (June 13 ) : This insect has destroyed the corn on 
about 20 acres of very fertile bottom land at Haddock, 
Illinois, W, P, Flint (June 23): There has been a very widespread and ex- 
tremely destructive outbreak of the rough-necked cornstalk beetle in 
the southern third of the State, 
C, L, Metcalf (June 20): The sugarcane beetle has been reported as 
very destructive to corn in Hamilton County, The injured field of corn 
and soybeans adjoins loO acres of bottom land, most of which is in cul- 
tivation this year for the first, time in 4 years, 
Mississippi, J, M, Langston (June 22): On June 9 a grower at Dorsey, 
Itawamba County, sent adults to this office, with a report that they 
had severely injured young corn. Complaints of injury were also re- 
ceived from Rockport, Copiah fou'nty, during- the latter part of May, 
FLEA BEETLES (Halticinae) 
Indiana, J, J, Davis (June 22): Flea beetles are the second most important 
pest of field crops in Indiana, The pale-striped flea beetle ( Systena 
taeniata blanda Melsh,) is the predominating species attacking corn and 
by far more abundant than I have ever known it to be e Specific records 
include: At Connersville, in one field, 2l6 tomato plants destroyed in 
one night; at Goshen, 3° to 40 percent of corn taken in some fields, 
also attacking soybeans, Canada thistle, morning glory, and milkweed; at 
Fort Wayne, destroying corn and truck crops; at Hamilton, a l6~acre field 
of corn was destroyed and other cornfields were seriously damaged; a 
serious pest in corn fields at South Bend, Rochester, Albian, and Topeko, 
All of these infestations are in the northern half of the State, 
Striped flea beetles (species unknown) were reported damaging corn, beans, 
beets, and potatoes at Aurora, Avilla, and Danville on June 1 to b, and 
the black potato flea beetle was reported from Aurora, Avilla, and North 
Judson on June 1, 6, and 15 , respectively, 
Michigan, R, Hutson (June 12): We are having trouble with the pale-striped 
flea: beetle on field corn in the southern tier of counties, (June 13): 
The pale-striped flea beetle was reported today from several points in 
the northern half of the lower peninsula, 
Wisconsin, E. L, Chambers (June 18): The pale-striped flea beetle has been 
unusually abundant this month throughout the south central portion of the 
State, destroying large acreages of corn and potatoes. 
