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Nebraska M. H. Swenk (Hay 28): In spite of the dry summer and fall of 1922, 
the Hessian fly has by no means dropped out of sight- It seems 
fairly well distributed over southeastern Nebraska, and in the eastern 
parts of Cass and Ctoe Counties has so injured the alread} r thin stand 
ox wheat in many fields, where it was working last fall, that they are 
being plowed up and planted to corn. Farmers in this section sowed 
their wheat earlier than they should have done last fall, in many cases 
and such fields are the ones chiefly injured. In a number of fields 
in that section examined early last week from 75 per cent to practic- 
ally 100 per cent of the stems were affected, some affected stems con- 
taining 30 or more larvae, so that the fields promised anywhere from 
a quarter of a normal crop to nothing at all. They were just begin- 
ning to transform into puparia on May 21. 
Missouri A. F. Satterthwait and assistants (May 14): First eggs were found at 
Meramec Highlands and at Pacific April 19; first field adults at 
Pacific April 19. Fggs are scarce. Some larvae of the first brood 
were nearly fully grown at Pacific on May 9. 
L. Haseman (May 22): The Hessian fly is apparently on the increase 
again. Fall infestations in the southern part of the State and along 
the northern tier of counties were somewhat alarming, and we are ex- 
pecting some loss of grain from the fly, particularly in the northern 
part of the State ,this summer. 
GREATER WHEAT-STEM M/GGOT ( Meromvza a mericana Fitch) 
Oklahoma Edward Martin (April 15): At Buffalo, Harper County, this insect is 
producing spots similar to those produced by greenbugo and was thought 
for a long time to be Toxoptera work. It is more abundant than in 
the average year but about the same as last month. Infested spots 
in fields counted and showed a 1 per cent infestation, 
GREENBUG ( Toxoptera graminum Rond.) 
Ohio T. H. Parks (May 20): In Pickaway County wheat is badly damaged by 
Toxoptera in one spot of a field. The spot joined a blue grass fence 
row from which the aphids evidently came. The blue grass at this 
place was killed by them. Aphids have spread considerably but are 
now overcome at this spot by coc cine Hid larvae. No extended damage 
to the remainder of the field is expected. The aphids evidently 
wintered in this blue grass. We have had no zero weather the past 
winter. No reports of its presence have been received from other 
localities in the State. 
Kansas J. W. McCollcch (April 26): The greenbug is now present in Ellis, 
Cowley, Sumner, Harper, and Comanche Counties. The infestation is 
spotted and confined to small areas, but winged forms are present and 
there has been some spreading. Coccinellid adults and larvae are 
abundant in most fields. 
