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Kaaaas, J. R. Horton (August 6): Since July 23 or somewhat earlier 
Oklahoma, Texas, webworms have been relatively scarce; injury has practically 
and New Mexico ceased and the second brood of moths is on the wing. A very 
heavy flight of moths was noticed all the way from Reno and 
Sedgwick Counties, Kans . , to and including northeastern New 
Mexico and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. It looks as 
though alfalfa and other forage crops and truck gardens might 
suffer another severe attack by this insect. 
Texas M, C. Tanquary (July): Curing the latter part of June and the 
first of July there were reports of serious infestations of this 
insect on cotton from Lamar, Panola, and other East Texas counties 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pvrausta nubilalis Hu$bn.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (August 23): The European corn borer, from present 
indications, would seem to be having a year of practically normal 
abundance and about average injury, although it has been reported 
that the area of severe injury occurring is somewhat larger than 
last year, as would be expected. It is rather early, though, to 
make any definite prophecy relative to this second brood. 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (July 25): First and second instar larvae of the 
European corn borer have recently been found in Lake County. 
Moths had issued in the laboratory at Geneva a day or two before 
June 29 but had not commenced laying eggs at that time. (August 
20): Most of the moths of the European corn borer brood have 
emerged in most of northern Ohio and at the present time eggs 
are found upon the corn blades and the larvae are found in the 
corn stalks and, under some circumstances, in weeds- where corn 
is not available. Notwithstanding a thorough burning campaign 
and clean-up in Ashtabula County last spring, there is an in- 
creased number of borers this season, clearly indicating that 
there were rcore moths in this area the present season than were 
there last year. Since most of the corn stalks were destroyed 
in the clean-up, it seems possible, and perhaps probable, that 
a good many caterpillars are carried over the winter hidden in 
weeds, and a need for the prompt destruction of corn stalks as 
soon as the ears are removed is emphasized by this development. 
SUGAR-CANE BORER (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
New Mexico R. Middlebrook (July 20) : The species Diatraea saccharalis and 
D« zeacolella have been reported from the eastern counties of 
the State. They are getting worse each year. The crop is 
damaged 30 per cent. 
A STALK BORER ( Diatraea lineolata Walk.) 
Hew Mexico J. R. Horton (August l) : Corn damage, estimated by counting 100 
stalks in each field, covering most of Quay County, varies from 
no stalks tunneled at all in some fields to as high as 85 per 
hundred in others. Tunneled stalks contained from 1 to 6 borers 
each. This injury is all by the first summer brood of borers. 
