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STALK BORER ( Panaiioema nebri s nitela Guen.) 
«« E, Britton (July 24): Very destructive to corn in a 
small section of Yretherfield, nearly every stalk being in- 
fested, (August 24): Reported from Thomas ton, Madison, and 
riden, 
. H* Swerik (July 15- August l): Complaints of injury to corn 
by the stall: borer continued to cone in during the last half 
of July. One report related to injury to tomatoes. The reports 
covered the area from Knox and Rock Counties south to Gage 
and Nemaha Counties and 7?est to Custer and Furnas Counti . 
LESSER CORN STALK SOBER ( Elasmonalpus ligoosellus Zell.) 
F % L. Thomas (July 24): Attacking corrpeas at Karlingen. 
MAIZE 3ILLBUG ( Sphenouhorus maidis Chitt.) 
J» "■',*» McColloch (August 7): The maize billbug has caused 
some loss to corn in a field near Marion, 
fflRETTORMS (Elateridae) 
J. N. Tenhet (August lj .1 went to 3runson and investigated 
wireworms there and in the surrounding territory. Most of the 
daaage seems to be due to larvae of Horistonotus spp,, although 
I have reason to suspect some injury by I.'or.ocrereiius viS-j-: r - 
tinuB Fabo, as I found adults of this species in abundance. 
Farmers' estimate of damage this year varied from 10 to 20 r 
cent of all crops in Hampton County. Farmers all say I be 
injury is increasing rapidly, and has been doing so for the 1 
irs. Business men tcld me tb t orms had caused a 
depreciation in the value of farm land, in the last five years, 
that would be conservatively placed at one million dollars. 
This ntirely credible after seeing the territory. I 
field after field jrown up in -.ve^ds and at least five or six 
for: »h bad been completely abandoned by their o m re on 
account oi .1 sa~ 1 larg in an excellent 
state of fertility when "t two-thirds of all crops vould 
be a total loss this season. The majority of th< 'ions 
and the greats t damage ipp ar to be in the lighter, • r, 
types of soil; crops axi Lmost complel 
All crops st med to be attacked, although velvet I .p- 
peared to ha\ )f ii unity. F that 
Where lana L rily infested, the only means of reli to 
fallov: the land for at least t^o ] . , . ... Tho:: 
1910 and I r, ... ton in 1914 I d on thest 
for the State of South C I j both 
incr . : • • , and 1. i much 
re not 
