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received since that time. To date, June 20, all larvae 
sent in have been quite small. General field infestations 
have been reported, more than in the -past, due no doubt to 
grassy growths in fields last fall when the moths were 
laying eggs. 
E. W. Mendenhall (June 23): The stalk borer is found 
quite bad in hollyhock and phlox plants in gardens in Columbus, 
J. S. Houser (June 23): The stalk borers are moderately 
abundant, found feeding in strawberry fruit. 
J. H. Bigger (June 16): 
was received June 10. 
The first report from Pike County 
H. E. Jaques (June 26): The stalk borer is moderately 
abundant in Pocahontas, Buchanan, Polk, Clarke, and Scott 
Counties. 
E. L. Chambers (June 24): Some cornfields in Monroe County 
were reported being injured, and specimens submitted were the 
common stalk borer. 
L. Haseman (June 23): The stalk borer is very abundant 
and is very serious on corn and garden crops. About one-half 
grown June 20. 
M. H. Swenk (June 19): The stalk borer is moderately 
abundant in eastern Nebraska. 
R. W. Harned (June 21): Considerable injury to tomato 
plants was reported en May 28 from Water Valley. A correspondent 
at Okolona reported on June 4 that he had observed several stalks 
of cotton injured by this insact. 
LISTED CORN BORER (OHgia fractilinea Grote) 
W. P. Flint (June 16): The lined corn stalk borer has been 
much more abundant than usual in northern and particularly . 
in northeastern Illinois. Many specimens have been received 
from that section of the State. 
SOD WE3W0RMS ( Crambus spp.) 
E. W. Mendenhall (June 6): The corn root webworm is quite 
bad in Greene, Preble, and Clark Counties this spring. Its 
destructive work caused replanting of corn. 
T. H. Parks (June 25): Sod webworms, which were abundant 
the later part of May and early part of June, have ceased 
feeding, but during the month of June were reported damaging 
corn in widely separated areas of the western half of Ohio. 
