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Dickinson Counts, is usually considered the eastern liTlt of cotnrerclal 
damage by this soecies. A re-ocrt of injury to ^heat in Hodgeiran County 
Fa? also received. 
C0R1T 
CHINCH BUG- ( 31 is -us leuconterus Say) 
Indiana. C. Benton and A. C. Cole, Jr. (October 14): Chinch bugs have been 
breeding throughout the season in foxtail grass as '"ell ss in corn in 
the vicinity of La Fayette. The adults are gradually going into hiber- 
n?tion in lar.ee nurrbers in this locality. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (October 22): A survey of chinch but conditions in 
standing corn and to sore extent in hibernating ouarters has been carried 
on over about three-fourths of the infested area of Illinois. The re- 
sults of this survey indicate danger of rroderate damage in 1°36 in rrost 
of the area infested in 1935. Amarently there "ill be less daya-te in 
the northeastern uart of the area and a soire^hat irore serious dairage 
along the southern edge and especially in the southwestern and western 
parts of the area infested in 1935. 
Iowa. H. E. Jacues (October 21 )• Tie chinch bug has gone into hibernation 
in large nurrbers at Tany olaces in southeastern Io^a. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 5): The chief injury caused this fall rray be 
found in the cane and kafir fields. Bugs rray be found at Manhattan but 
are not nurrerous. E. G. Kelly reuorts that the hues are abundant and 
causing soye injury to the cane, kafir, and Sudan trass in the follo^-ing 
counties: Ottawa, Shawnee, Coffe~, Bourbon, TToodson, Til son, Copley, and 
Haruer. 
Mississimi. D. X C-rirres (October 23): A light infestation of chinch bugs 
on late corn at Belzoni. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (October 23): Chinch bu?s are present in fairly 
large nurrbers on grain soryhurr in Payne and Pamee Counties. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecirrounctat a Fab. ) 
Indiana. P. Luyinbill (October 19): Adults are coTron on alfalfa, oarticu- 
larl" in fields adjacent to corn. Most of they appear to have recently 
emerged. The larvae have been reported as ouite injurious to corn in 
several localities this year. 
SORGTUM 
LEAF-FOOTED BUG ( Lento-ylosgu * ohylloyus L. ) 
Texas. H. J. Eeinhard (October 13): Leaf -footed PLant bug very abundant on 
iTrrature yrain sorghurr seed in Madison County. 
