Nebraska M. II. Swenk (May 25-June 25): The dry weather of the month of 
May gave a great impetus to the already serious aspect of the 
infestation of our wheat and ether small grains by chinch bi 
and they increased alarmingly in the infested area outlined in 
my report of May 25. They alco beccme menacingly abundant in 
many fields northward through Lancaster County into southern 
Saunders County, and over a larger portion of western Otoe County. 
than we had outlined on May 25. Heavy, beating rains in early 
June enormously reduced the numbers of the bugs over a consider- 
able portion of the infested area. For example, in some fields 
in eastern and southern Johnson County, on June 19, the bugs were 
found to have been reduced 50 per cent cr more as compared with 
their abundance in the same field ten days earlier. The bugs 
began moving irf Lancaster and Saunders Counties on June 20 and 
during the last five days numerous reports cf heavy migrations 
and losses of corn have been received. In snite of the heavy 
mortality among the bugs in many localities during early June, 
because of the beating rains, there rill undoubtedly be heavy 
losses in many fields throughout the infested area. 
Kansas J-. W. McColioch (June 21) : Harvest has been early this year 
and the migration to the corn and sorghum fields has been on since 
June 5. The first adults of the new brood are new. -beginning to 
appear. It is difficult to estimate the damage to wheat by This 
insect. In some cases parts of fields have been, killed . There 
will also be much shriveled grain. Many farmers are using barriers 
this year. 
HESSIAN FLY f Phvtophaga d estructo r Say) 
Indiana J.J. Davis (June 24): No counts have been made' but reports and 
observations of fallen wheat indicate abundance of the Hessian fly 
from the fall brood. _ . 
Illinois W. P. Flint (June 18): Later examinations by S. C. Chandler, 
covering a wider range of the southern Illinois counties, have 
shown this insect to be of little importance this spring in the 
Counties of Washington and Clinton. In the central and north- 
central parts of the £ta:.e the- infestation runs about a.? report- 
ed in the last number of the Survey. The weather has remained 
so dry t..at there was no indication of a supplementary spring 
generation. Wheat cutting is now in progress and it see'rs evi- 
dent that there will be only the main generation during the pre- 
sent spring. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (May 25-June 25): The puparia of the main (or first) 
spring brood of the Hessian fly that were formed during the last- 
half of May did not give forth as heavy a supplementary (or second 1 ! 
spring brood as it was feared they might produce at the tirce cf my 
last report on May 25. Probably 30 to <-0 per cent of these pv.pari' 1 
gave forth their flies during June, mostly in fields that had been 
already badly damaged or ruined by the maggots of the main (or firs 
brood. As to the distribution of the injury, there is little to 
add to the statement made in my report of May 25 exceot that seme 
