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CORN-LEAF BLOTCH-MINER ( Agroayza parvicornis Loew) 
Maine E.M. Patch (August 19). "Report has been received from 
Guilford, that, this insect is badly infesting a 3/4-acre 
patch of Golden Bantam sweet corn. Corn has been grown on 
this piece of land for a number of years but the damage has 
not been noticed heretofore. Many of the leaves are badly 
mined. " 
, . CORN-SILK BEETLE ( Luperodes varicornis Lee.) 
Texas M.C.Tanquary (August 14). "This insect has been reported as 
dding serious injury to field corn in western Texas and has also 
been reported as working on cotton," 
Mississippi 
Nebraska 
. . CORN LANTERN. PLY ( Peregrinus maidis Ashm. ) 
R.^.Harned (August 17). "The corn lantern fly was abundant on 
corn stalks sent in by Mr. K.L.Cockerham, of the Bureau of 
Entomology, from Biloxi. Last year numerous reports were 
received in regard to th3 injury caused by this insect in the 
southern part of this State." 
. . PRIONUS GRUBS ( Prionus fissicornis Hald.) 
M.H.Swenk (August l). "In Johnson County a field of corn 
that had been planted on sod ground was almost entirely ruined 
by the last week in July because of prionus grubs, probably 
2Ei2£2i§_ fissicornis Hald. , eating up into the bottom of the 
cornstalk and an inch or twe from the bottom into the heart 
of the stalk*" 
ALFALFA 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Phytonomus posticus Gyll.) 
Son XhDlan (July 17). "Damage by this pest is very slight in 
the eastern area of the State and most abundant in the south- 
western corner. The parasite Bathyplectaa cftrculionis is 
spreading rapidly." 
California (California Weekly News Letter, Volume 4, No. 32), "The Bureau 
of Plant Quarantine, California Department of Agriculture, reports 
the finding of the larvae of the alfalfa weevil at Bridgeport, 
California. Adult weevils have been taken at the State line 
in the effects and bedding of auto campers. n 
. , YELLOYJ-STRIPED ARMY T ,'0RM ( Prodenia nrawfica Grote) 
California E.O. Essig (July 3l). "This insect has appeared .for .the first 
time as a serious pest in the San Joaquin and Sacramento 
VJilleys. It had been quite successfully controlled by the using 
of bran mash, open furrows, irrigation ditches, and cutting of 
the crop," 
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