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Tennessee 
Ohio 
AN ARCTIID MOTH ( Apantesis x^yj4agg/--l , r'ench) 
S. Marcovitch (July 2): Several new outbreaks of this insect 
reported from Lewisburg as doing serious damage to corn, tobacco 
and grasses. 
AN ARCTIID MOTE ( Apantesis phyllira Drury)* 
C. M. Packard (Jul?/- 6): Adults reared from larvae sent in by 
Mr. Benton from the April outbreak of this species in southern 
Tennessee were determined by Mr. Wm. Schaus as above. The last 
adult was seen in the field June 5. Field observations yielded 
no trace of second-brood larvae until a small infestation was 
seen on June 23 in a hillside pasture near Paycttevillc, Tenn. 
On June 24 a considerable infestation of practically mature 
larvae was seen in a hillside pasture 8 miles northwest of 
Petersburg, Tenn. E. G. Cress, Marshall County Agent (Tenn.) 
reported (June 30) several outbreaks with damage to pastures 
up to 20 per cent and threatening injury to corn and tobaxco. 
(C.Benton.) 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
T. E. Parks (July 27): Chinch bugs have been reported damagii: 
corn in several northern Ohio counties. There is no serious 
general outbreak in an; r part of the State, but the insect has 
increased rapidly during the past year. Excellent growing 
weather enabled corn to outgrow their attack. 
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Illinois 
South Dakota 
Iowa 
J. J. Davis (July 25): Chinch bugs were reported as moderatel 
abundant in cornfields in Whitley County about the middle of Jul 
W. P. Flint (July 20); Chinch bugs have been favored during 
the past month lay dry weather over most of the heavily infested 
area. Serious damage to corn lias resulted in a number of the 
south central and central counties with some scattered otitbreaks 
outside of the generally infested area, the most northern of the 
being in Hancock County on the west side of the State. 
H. C. Severin (Julj" 14): Chinch bugs are again building i?.p 
their population in .'sauth . central South Dakota. There has been 
little damage as 3^ot. (Charles Mix and Tripp Counties. ) 
E. S. Jaques (July 24): Two serious infestations of chinch bu, 
are reported from Dos Moines County. 
♦Correction: Volume XI, No. 4, p. 172, Apantesis phalerata 
Earr. should read Apantesis phyllira Drury. 
