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STALK BORER ( Papaipema nebris niteia Gueu. ) 
A. I. Bourne (July 24): Fresent in about normal abundance, caus- 
ing its usual amount of damage. The larvae are about two-thirds 
grown. 
M. P. Zappe (July 8): Heavy infestation in com at Campville. 
Potatoes are not so severely injured. 
T7. E. Britton: They have also been received from Stratford, 
Thomaston, Taconic, and Monroe. 
3. W. Mendenhall (July 27): Trie stalk borer, which is taken by 
the laymen as the European corn borer many times , keeps us busy 
investigating. I find this pest quite bad in different parts of 
the State on dahlias and other plants, especially in Clark and 
Champaign Counties. 
J. J. Davis (July 23): We continue to receive numerous reports 
of injury by this species. 
"7. P. Flint (July 20): Specimens of the lsrva of this insect 
continue to come in. Most of the injury reported has been to 
corn, and some to garden crops. 
S. B. Fracker (July 10): Somewhat more damage than usual. Ob- 
served attacking raspberry at Kaukauna; and reports of infested 
potato sent in from Sparta and tiger lily from TVest Bend. 
C. J. Drake (July 9): Very abundant over a large portion of Iowa 
this year. Reports from various counties indicate that it is 
doing a considerable amount of damage to corn, oats, wheat, tiraoth 
potatoes, and various garden and truck crops. A few fields of co 
have been almost entirely destroyed. In other regions a consider 
able amount of damage has been done on the margins of fields, es- 
pecially in regions where weeds have not been kept down in fence 
rows. 
L. Haseman (July 24): This insect has attracted more attention 
in the Stats this spring than in 20 years and it has done consider 
able damage, particularly to corn and truck crops. Epidemics are 
associated with weedy fence rows and newly plowed bottom land. 
M. H. Swenk (June 25- July 25): During late June and up to July 1 
there were many complaints of injury, some of it rather serious, 
along the margins of cornfields. The present season was marked 
by an unuvual amount of injury/ by this insect. 
ARMTWOHM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw. ) 
A. I. Bourne (July 24): Mr, Lacroix, of the Cranberry Substation 
states that the armyworm is abundant on one cranberry bog this 
season. 
