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Udall en May 25„ (June 9): Com infested by this species was received 
from Independence, (June lb): Injury to garden crops was reported 
Iron: Onaga and i.;crriam a 
EM ( Ciruhis tcii'runcta Haw. ) 
Indiana J a J„ Davis (June 26) : Luring the la si of April ard early May the 
armyworm moths were abundant and warnings were sent cat. The antici- 
pated outbreak materialized and the first reports came to us May 
31 from Poseyville in the southwestern corner of the State. Reports 
have continued to reach us for the following localities: Brownstown, 
Elmore., Washington., Lloomfieid, Carlisle, Rushville , *YiIliamsport 5 
Monticello, Petersburg, Indianapolis, Darlington, 3-reenfield, Franklin 
Otterbein, Crawfordsville, Slielbyville , Delphi, Lebanon, and Thornton. 
The last report "-as on Jure 21. Damage was reported -to timothy meadows 
oats, wheat, and corn. In a number of cases, beginning June 19, re- 
ports came to us of an abundance of parasite ^cocoons in fields wh: I 
had be on infested, 
Bennet Ao Porter (June 26): Armyworm outbreaks are reported at several 
points near Vincennes c 
Illinois Cc C e Compton (June 10): Armyworm outbreaks are just beginning to 
become evident in La Salle County, timothy being attacked* 
77. P. Flint (June 19): As was anticipated earlier in the year a 
general outbreak of armyworras occurred during the past month. Although 
the outbreak was very general, and some damage has been reported in 
practically all of the southern and central counties s the local out- 
breaks --ere not so severe as has been the case in seme years, es- 
pecially in 1'51 U 3 Reports of damage are just coming in from the 
northern part of the State,. Parasites of the larvae were only moder- 
ately abundant. Sfery heavy flights of moths are occurring in central 
ard southern Illinois at the present time c but it is thought that the 
egg parasite (Telenomus) will probably prevent any recurrence of dama«? 
this season,, 
ssouri L Haseman (May 25).- "Received from the county agent of Pemiscot, in t> 
southwestern part of Missouri,, a sample of a hal* -grown armyworm 
with the statement that these worms are migrating from newly cut 
alfalfa fields and other crops, devouring the crops as they gc» I 
have just received a notice of the Texas report and am wondering if 
we are not in for a real siege with the pest here in Missouri, As I 
read the signs of the time ind refer back to our last big epidemic 
I am lead to suspect that we may have some trouble win the pest, at 
lea t in some parts of Missouri, 
Arkansas J WV, Irgraa {May 2?)s Armyworms were found causing heavy losses in 
oat fields by cutting off the spikelets and in some cases the entire 
panicle,, 3 -tc of seme fields practically no r ns on the 
oat pi? : 
ch;,v-ma fruginerda So & A. ) 
ama J. ;.;„ Rcbinson (Juno IS): The fall armyworm was reported from Baldwin 
