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rich in humus, and heavily fertilized, which were almost 
ruined by wireworms,. and peanuts treated with landplaster were 
heavily damaged. 
M« H. Swenk (July lc-August 1): Corn wireworms, Melanotus 
spp., continued some injury to replanted corn during the second 
half of July. One field in Holt County that was planted in 
May and destroyed by wireworms had the July replanting also 
destroyed. The species in this case was Melanotus pilosus . 
Injury to potatoes by wireworms was reported from Thaybr 
County,, 
CORN LANTERN ELY ( Peregrinus maidis Ashm, ) 
R* W« Harned (August 27): Injury to corn by the corn lantern 
fly Peregrinus maidis was reported from Big Point and Pasca- 
goula on August 9 # 
A CENTIPEDE ( Scutigeralla irnmaculata Newp.) 
M« N* Taylor (August 7): Abundant last year in Erie County, 
causing complete loss of the corn crop. This land was then 
treated with gas, and none could be found this year. 
SCOTCH PEAS AND CCJPjjAS 
W-MARKED CUTWORM ( Agrotis unicolor Walk. ) 
E, L, Chambers (August 15): A pest, reported as the armyworm 
was doing serious damage to crops in Manitowoc County, but 
upon investigation it was found to be the W-marked cutworm. It 
had completely defoliated some 40 acres of Scotch peas. 
YELLOW WOOLLY BEAR ( Diacrisia virginica Fab,) 
R? W c Harned (August 27): Some larvae that were reported as 
causing considerable injury to cotton and cowpeas at Yazoo 
City on August 8 have been reared, and identified by J. M. 
Langs ton as Diacrisia virginica , 
COWPEA CURCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh. ) 
W« A* Thomas (August l); The cowpea curculio is unusually 
abundant in the fields at Chadbourn at this time and is serious- 
ly injuring cowpeas, which were planted early for table use. 
Many pods have been observed where every seed contained a wee- 
vil egg. The pods are not seriously injured until they are two- 
thirds grown or over. Every field of cowpeas so far examined 
has shown a more or less heavy infestation. 
