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writer in Clark, Meade, Seward, and Haskell Counties, Kansasjand 
Woodward, Harper, and Texas Counties, Oklahoma (March 29-April 3). 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leuco^terus Say) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (April 23): TTo 'indications that this insect will be 
destructively abundant this coming year. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (April 23): Field examinations to date bear out 
hibernation records r.nd indicate no serious lana^e from this 
insect at any point in the State from first-brood chinch bu^s. 
Mississippi R« W« Horned (April 21): Under date of April 18, a complaint 
has been received in rerard to chinch ru.2; seriously damaging 
oats at Rome, in Sunflower County. Cn the same date a complaint 
was received from Drew, in Sunflo-er County, in re rard to the 
dama~e these insects are causinc to corn. 
Missouri Haseman & Wade ( April 20): Chinch bugs are attracting attention 
in wheat, where they are matins; April 15, in the western part of the 
State. 
HESSLalT FLY ( Phytopha.^a destructor Say) 
Indiana j. j, Davis (April 23): First ezss were observed at LaFayette on 
April 11, 
Illinois "»7. p. Flint (April 23): Adults have been emer-rin.? at Urbana for 
nearly a month, but in very small numbers. It has been difficult 
at any time to fin" more than one or two eggs on infested plants, 
and the per cent of infested plants, or culms, has been very low 
at all times, never amounting to as much as 10 per cent. 
North C. IT. Ainslie (April l6): Leroy Moonaw, Sunt, of the Dickinson, 
Dakota H, Dak., Substation, sent me last week a small sack of heavily 
infested wheat* I dissected U00 puparia. Mr. Moonaw said that 
he had been looking for parasites and had found none. I thought 
that he must be mistaken, for I had been rearing plenty of 
Pia^ygaster hiemalis during the winter from this same material. 
But, as you will see in the tabulation, I found one parasite in 
these '400 puparia. The results are as follows: 
Pupa p 
145 
Larvae 
200 
De? 
"25 
Fmpty 
8 
Parasitized 
1 
It ^ouIH appear that the emergence of the fly may be slew this 
spring, since the larvae outnumber the puparia at present and it 
must take some little time to transform. 
The small number of empty cases seem to show a s^all fall 
emergence, since it is almost too e^rly for the flies to escape 
this spring. They are emerging freely no" from this material in 
the warm office, but in the cool soil this 'touI^ not be likely to 
hawpen yet. 
The only way I can account for the lack of rarasites is that Mr. 
Moonaw must have taken this wheat from a part of the field other 
than' that from which I took mine in October, since from oOO puparia 
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