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CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
New York. R. W. Leiby (May 20): Reports of cutworm damage indicate that 
these insects are present over the State in more than average numbers. 
Control measures being generally applied. 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (May 2l): Cutworms were damaging cotton and 
truck crops near Ridgeland the first part of May. 
Florida. P. S. Chamberlin (May 6) ? Cutworms are causing more damage than 
normal to newly set tobacco in Gadsden County. Infestations are most 
harmful in the later settings. 
Ohio. T. PI. Parks (May 2*0 : An outbreak of climbing cutworms on grapes de- 
veloped in a large vineyard in Franklin County, central Ohio, the week of 
April 25. The cutworms were rapidly devouring the young grape buds. The 
adjoining county, Fairfield, was the only other county from which similar 
trouble was reported. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 27) " Cutworms have damaged onions and buds of apple 
and peach in northern Indiana. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 2^): Cutworms are' abundant over the State. 
Michigan. R. Hut son (.May 20): Climbing cutworms have been injurious in vari- 
ous parts of the State. We have had numerous reports of injury. 
Wisconsin. S..L. Chambers (May 25): Losses from cutworms are being reported 
from the light, sandy areas of Waushara, Waupaca, and Shawano Counties, 
in southeastern Wisconsin. 
C. L. Fluke (May 20): Cutworms are showing up in large numbers 
in central Wisconsin. 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (May S) : Cutworms are extremely abundant and seri- 
ously damaging tobacco, corn, tomatoes, and peppers in Montgomery County. 
(May 25): As many as 10 dead cutworms found near one tobacco plant in a 
field near Clarksville which has been treated with poison bait. This 
field averaged 3i> dead worms per plant. Many growers who failed to use 
bait have been forced to reset more than 50 percent of their plants. A 
man from the laboratory collected 700 cutworms in a neglected pasture in 
90 minutes. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 2U): Specimens of Lycophotia margaritosa saucia 
Hon. on cotton. were received from Yazoo City on May 5 and from Cruger on 
May 9« Cutworm damage in the Delta is small, as compared to last year, 
according to H. L. Douglass of Grenada. Specimens of Agrotis ypsilon 
Rott. were collected by D. W. Grimes on cotton on three plantations at 
Cary and Blanton, in Sharkey County. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Sddy (May): Cutworms were reported to be very abundant in 
all parts of Louisiana. ■ 
