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from this same field I reared 178 P. hiemalis . The lone parasitic 
pupa I dissected out *vas that of a chalcid, some small species. 
Missouri Easeman & *.7ade (April 20): Hessian fly emerging in northwestern 
Missouri, April 15, though net especially abundant. 
Nebraska M. H. S~enk (March): as stated in my report for the months of 
January and February, 1925, forwarded on March 11, reports cf 
inf est ?.tion "by the Hessian fly in "-heat drilled on or after the 
announced date of safe sowing are practically lacking, From 
present indications the counties most heavily infested at this 
time are Se'-ar". and Fillmore. A survey made in the "e stern part 
of Se*vard County showed no infestation in the drilled "heat plants 
in fields so~n after the late of safe sowing, "but in volunteer 
plants infestations of an average of from one to nineteen puparia 
per plant were found in different fields. In Fillmore County the 
county agent reports that the volunteer wheat and the "heat sown 
early, before the announced date of safe sowing, is at this time 
heavily infested with the Hessian fly, Conditions in the State 
as a '-'hole, however, are better than they have been at any time 
in the past few years. 
California C. il. Packard (April 10): Reported attacking wheat in the San 
Francisco Bay region, damage being less than normal, 
ARMY CLT.VCRM (Choriga-rotis argil iar is Crote) 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 9): The infestation since I wrote you last 
has developed the most severely in southern Xeith and nearly all 
of Perkins Counties. Don 3. .."helan, cf this office, has been 
working in the field there since April 1. The weather has been 
cool, rainy, .and "indy, so that the cutworms have not been feeding 
as heavily as they be^an doing late in March. Some farmers think 
they care through with their "ork, v ut the size of the cutworms 
indicates that this is not the case. Demonstrations are being 
£iven on the use of the poisoned bran bait, and six thousand copies 
of a circular about this insect have been distributed among the 
farmers in the infested counties. In other words, the situation 
is "ell in hand, 
Kansas J. R. Horton and H. p. Talkden (April 7): Most intensive period 
in outbreak March 2 to 20. Plants cropped off to or slightly 
below surface of ground, completely denuding large areas. Observed 
in Sedgwick', Sumner, Pratt, Barber, Clark, Meade, Seward, Haskell, 
Stafford , and Reno Counties. Reported from Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, 
Comanche, and Russell Counties. 
Oklahoma J. R. Horton and ■-. H. '.Talkden ( .pril 7): Reported from Major; 
Fllis, .roods, ..*cod"ard, Harper, Comanche, and Texas Counties. 
Color-do :. ?, Jillette (;. : .rch ;1): Inquiries are being received concerning 
' on that is doin ; -re at ' re to winter wheat. In most 
Inst incee the worms are matching across the fields, either from 
stubble land or other locations' where the e :gs were deposited and 
