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WHEAT STRASTtiOFM ( Harmoiita g rand is Riley) 
Kansas J.. W . McCoIloch (June 21): Wheat infested by this insect has 
been received from Great Bend, Hays, and Copeland. fit Manhattan 
seme fields' have 1© per cent of the straw infested. 
JOINTTORM ( Harmoiita tritici Fitch) 
■Missouri L. Kaseman (June 25): An unusually severe outbreak of joinworms 
seems to have appeared in the wheat this year. The heaviest in- 
festations are in the territory comprising the southeastern quar- 
ter of the State. 
GREAT PLAINS FALSE \7IRE^0W« ( Eleodes opaca Say) 
Kansas J. IV. McColloch (June 6): Last week I covered most of western 
Kansas by auto. Adults of the false wireworms were everywhere 
abundant in the wheat fields; in fact, I never saw the beetles 
as abundant as they are this year. 
WHEAT ST©/! MAGGOT ( Oscinis spp.) 
Missouri L. Kaseman (June 25): Several complaints during the middle of 
the month were received regarding the whitening of the heads of 
the wheat owing to the work of one of these little maggots. From 
the complaints the pest seems to be aoout normal in abundance. 
CORN 
CORN EAHHOHM ( Keliothis obsoleta Fab.) 
Georgia 0.1. Snapp (June 12): Unusually abundant at Fort Valley at the 
present time. Reports from Montezuma also indicate a heavy in- 
festation there in sweet corn. 
Mississippi R. W. Earned (June 22): Heliothis obsoleta has been received 
from every section of the State. Most of the complaints have 
Oeen in regard to it as the tomato fruitworm. Nov/ more com- 
plaints are being received about it as the bollwona of cotton. 
A few complaints about it as a corn pest have also been received. 
STALK BORER ( Papajpema nit e la Guen.) 
Ohio H, A. Gossard (June 23): The common stalk borer was received 
from Stockport, Portsmouth, Lisbon, Perrysville, Mansfield, and 
Alger. A large number of specimens from all over the State have 
been brought into my office, indicating that it is very generally 
distributed and very numerous over the entire State. In many 
cases considerable replanting will have to be done and oerhaps 
in some cases substitute crops will be planted because of the 
great thinning out of the corn duo to this pest, 
Indiana J.J. Davis (June 24): Unusually abundant this year. Definite 
reoorts with specimens uave been received from the following Coun- 
ties: Wabash, Wells, Blackford, Delaware, Warren, Hendricks, Shelby, 
Union, Daviess, and Lawrence. 
