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CORN 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsolcta F. ) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (May 25): A j r oung peach orchard at Zebulon, central 
Georgia, has been attacked "by larvae eating into the fruit. The orchard 
was planted in Austrian winter peas, which have just been turned under. 
Florida. H. T. Fernald (May lU): Young corn at Orlando has been badly attacked 
by what the farmers call the "budworm. " I think it the corn ear worm and 
W. W. Yothers confirms this. The attacks were most severe the latter part 
of April. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (May 26): The corn ear worm is attacking cornstalks 
in Opelika. 
Mississippi. J. Milton (May 2^): Tomatoes at Florence are being seriously 
damaged. 
Louisiana. L. 0. Ellisor (May): The corn ear worm is seriously damaging 
tomatoes in the southern part of the State. Corn is also being damaged. 
California. J. Wilcox (May 10): A sixth-instar larva was swept form alfalfa 
at Artesia on May H, and on May 10 larvae from first to fourth instar were 
found feeding on the leaves and tassels of corn at Vernon, Los Angeles 
County. Several eggs of the tomato fruitworm were found on tomato plants 
in the field in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, and a comparatively large 
number of moths emerged last week. Scattered emergence of moths has been 
taking place since February 19» On May 3 M. W. Stone found first- and 
fourth-instar larvae feeding on strawberries he had purchased at Stanton. 
(May 25): About 25 percent of the tassels in a field of early sweet corn 
at Vernon, Los Angeles County, are infested with larvae from first to 
fourth instar. The larger larvae had moved from the tassels to the newly 
formed ears. Sweet corn from Indio, Riverside County, on the market was 
found on May 17 to be infested. A full-grown larva was found in a green 
tomato at Costa Mesa, Orange County, on May 19. Moth emergence has con- 
tinued heavy at Alhanbra, Los Angeles County. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Euetheola rugiceps Lee.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 2^): Complaints of serious damage to corn were 
received from Vaughn on May k and from Cruger on May 19» 
Louisiana." J. W. Ingram (May 18): Beetle injury to sugarcane began in March 
and reached its peak late in April and early in May in southern Louisiana. 
Injury is practically over now as few freshly injured plants can be found. 
Losses have been about the same as in 193^, which is below the average for 
the last 10 years. As in past years, injury was heaviest in the section 
west of the Atchafalaya River. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Piabrotica duodecimpunctata F. ) 
South Carolina. F, Sherman (May 2k): At Florence in eastern part of State 
damage is considerable in low, heavy soils but not severe in uplands as 
reported by J. G. Watts. 
