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Tennessee 
Illinois 
Kansas 
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S. E. Scholl (J-une 23): It having toen iiTrpossible to "bnirn cninch- 
"bn.g hilDernating quarters last fall, thns inspcfc ca^criGd ov^r vory 
succGssf-ally and is noxr "beflnning to do very destructive work to 
roT7 crops in the northoastern part of the State. 
GEEATER TTIiEAT- STEL'I i.iAGGOT (M eromyza a:Tiericana Fitch) 
L. Ha.seraan (June SO): Tlie vrheat-stera maggot is repotted from the 
northtjestern part of the State as serious in some fields. 
TffiSAT JCI1JTT70K\I (Harmolita tritici Fitch) 
G. II. Bentley (Jime 17): The -.Theat joint\7orm is diing considerahle 
damage to v^heat in G-reene, Jeff arson, and Ro"bertson Counties. 
Ti". P. Flint (June, 13): This insect is very ahundant in central and 
southern Illinois, especially in she v/estern part of the State. 
S. S, Chandler recently conducted a survey in southern Illinois 
Trhich shoT7ed an average infestation of a little over 21 per cent 
vdth occasional fields shor/ing 30 to -iO per cent infestation, an 
average of 30 per cent of the straw fallen. Tlie outhreak is more 
general than any vhich has occ-^orred in Illinois in recent years. 
T7HEA.T STMTTWOPJ/I (H armolita .gyandis Riley) 
J. T7. McColloch (June 22): Cl^jJmps of wheat received from TriDune 
show 40 per cent of the stems infested. TJlieat from Oakley had 50 
per :eent of the stems infested. 
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ELTROPEfl^lT C02IT BCPj]?. ( Pyrausta nuhilalis Sxehn. ) 
Ohio H. A. C-ossard (June 12): On this date none of the larvae of this 
"borer liad pupated at the laboratory at Oak Iiarbor and, evidently, 
the "brood for 1924 is going to appear a week or ten days later than 
it did in the northeastern part of the State in 1923. 
com SASTJOEIvI ( Heliothis ohsoleta Fah . ) 
South Carolina A. F. Conradi (Iviay 22): The corn earworni hias done ahout 60 per 
cent d-amage to the early tomato crop at Beaufort. 
Seorgia 
J. H. Pressley (Hay 28): In the vetch field at Fort Volley this 
pest liad taken on the hahits of the armycom. 
W. D. Killis (May 31): This pest was mistaken for the armyworm 
at Stateshoro. (The summGr lias heen cool axid "back^^^ard so as to 
hinder the development of parasites. - J. D. More.) 
