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OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES FOR AUGUST, 1922 
The Hessian fly situation continues favorable »ver the greater part of 
the wheat belt. The preliminary survey in New York State shows a decrease of 
flaxseeds .in stubble from 5.2 per cent last year to 1.2 per cent this year. 
Over the southern half of Ohio stubble infested with flaxseeds has dropped 
to 3 por cent. In the northwestern part of the State, however, the infestation 
runs to 18 o?.r cent in fields planted after the fly-free date and 86 per cent 
in early sowings, ."-lu Indiana the percentage of flaxseeds is low and parasitism 
heavy. In Illinois parasitism runs from 60 to 75 per cent with occasional 
fields showing 100 per cent of the puparia parasitized. In Iowa and North 
Dairota a large fall emergence is anticipated. A very recent survey in north- 
western Kansas shows a decided increase of Hessian fly. In fact much of the 
territory has never before been infested by this inseft. From 5 to 25 per 
cent of the crop was damaged by fly this year. The outbreak extends from 
Osborne and Russell Counties to the northwestern corner of the State. 
The Mormon cricket is r sported as being serious in parts of Colorado, 
Utah, and Idaho. 
The chinch bug situation, as a whole, is not as serious as anticipated 
earlier in the season. 
The first record of the corn-leaf blotch-miner in Maine was received this 
month. 
The velvet bean caterpillar appeared at Gainesville, Fla. , about fifteen 
days earlier than last year. It should have reached the Georgia State line 
during the last week in August, though no reports to this effect have been 
received. 
The cherry fruit sawfly has been reported fan the first time as occurring 
in southwestern Washington. 
The black vine weevil has damaged cranberry plantations in Washington State. 
The grape leafhopper is injurious in the Great Lakes grape region of Michigan, 
New York, and Ohio. 
Living Mexican fruit fly, Mediterranean fruit fly, and Papaya fruit fly 
larvae have been intercepted by quarantine officers at the various ports of 
entry in California during the past month. 
The potato leafhopper is seriously abundant in Ohio and much hopperburn 
is in evidence. This (Leafhopper is also reported from Michigan, New York, and 
the northern half of Indiana. 
The worst outbreak of the false chinch bug on potatoes in the history of the 
State is under way in southern Idaho, according to reports from that State. 
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