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SEED CORN BEETLE ( Agonoderes pallipes Fab.) 
L. Haseman (June 23): There have been a few complaints 
of injury to corn during the month. 
M. H. Swenk (June 13): Seed corn beetles have been very 
numerous in many cornfields on low ground during the period 
in June here covered, and in a few localities, notably 
eastern Dodge County and southern Buffalo County, they have 
been doing considerable damage to the young corn. 
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BEETLE ( Myochrous denticollis Say) 
T. H. Parks (June 10): This insect was reported from 
Clermont County where it had badly damaged corn in two 
adjoining fields. A visit to the area showed that these 
fields had been uncultivated for ten years and had grown 
to wild grasses and brambles. The spring has been very 
dry and this land was very cloddy. This is the first report 
of this beetle damaging corn in Ohio for a long time. 
W. A. Price (June 24): The southern corn leaf beetle con- 
tinues to damage corn and tobacco in Harrison County. 
L. Haseman (June 23): A few complaints have been received 
from central Missouri during the month. On June 21 samples 
of larvae were received from Bonnots Mill. 
CORN BILLBUGS ( Sphenophorus spp.) 
J. J. Davis (June 20): Corn showing old corn billbug injury 
was received from Hillsdale June 12 and Kempton June 20. 
W. P. Flint (June 19): Billbugs have been reported causing 
serious damage along the Mississippi and especially the lower 
Illinois Riv^r bottoms. All cases of damage thus 
far are from either Sphenophorus callosug Oliv. or Si. 
destructor Chitt. 
W. A. Price (June 24): The corn billbug is doing serious 
damage in Fulton County. 
L. Haseman (June 23): During June complaints of injury 
have continued to come to the College of Agriculture. 
CORN-FEEDING SYRPHUS FLY ( Mesogramma polita Say) 
J. R. Watson (June 20): A heavy outbreak of the corn- 
feeding syrphus fly occurred in one field in Alachua County. 
The insects were apparently feeding on the pollen only. 
Many of them were in the tassels, but many were also crawling 
over the surface of the leaves, and in the latter case they' 
were also apparently feeding exclusively on pollen. No com- 
mercial damage was apparent. 
