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CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
rjEAT AND OTHER SMALL GRAINS 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 27) S Chinch hugs are not yet abundant in small 
grain, as indicated by a few observations, but the bugs are being collected 
in noticeable .numbers in sweepings in wild grasses. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (May 2^); Chinch bugs have been very slow in leaving 
winter quarters because of the abnormally cool weather. Plights from 
winter quarters are still going on. Bugs are not all concentrated in 
small grains, even at this late time. ••' 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (May 21): On May 15 serious chinch bug outbreak 
was reported in York and Chester Counties. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 2*0: On April 26 a field of young corn was being 
destroyed at Magnolia in the southwestern part of Mississippi. Complaints 
of chinch bugs are rarely received from that section. A complaint was 
received from Meridian on May 15 «and reports of serious local damage to 
corn on two plantations near Durant have been received. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 22): Chinch bugs are present but not numerous at 
Manhattan. • • • 
Oklahoma. P. A. Penton (May 2^): One report.. on chinch bug damage was received 
from" Claremore. ■ .. . ., . . , 
. . HAIRY CHINCH BUG ( Blissus hirtus Montd. ) 
New York. W. E. Blauvelt (May 2*+): Adults were, observed laying eggs at Locust 
Valley on May 1. Infestations in lawns' we're observed at Port Chester and 
Mamaroneck on May 10, at Locust Valley and Wheatley Hills on May 12, and 
at St. James on May lU, all in the vicinity of New York City. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Virginia. I. J. Schoene (May 2U): Alfalfa fields and oat fields at Blacksburg 
are being seriously injured by aphids of an undetermined, species. 
A. M. Woodside (May 22): Aphids are general on grain crops, but no 
heavy infestations have been observed, except on barley near Timberville, 
in Rockingham County. 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw..) 
Maryland. C. G. Woodbury (May 31): The country between Cape Charles and 
Cheriton is alive with army worms, attacking wheat and vetch. 
