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cutworn ( Lycophotia nar^aritosa sauc ia K bn . ) was defoliating tonato 
plants in Lancaster County on June 2, stripping gardens in Webster 
County on Juno 9, and cutting off pea vinos in Lcup County on June 11. 
Cutworm daaage was reported fron Thurston, Madison, Lancaster, and 
Cheyenne Counties fron May 21 to June 20. In Thurston and Lancaster 
Counties the worms (A. ypsilon ) were cutting the corn below the surface 
of the ground. The dark-sided cutworm ( Euxoa nessoria Harr.) was found 
injuring tonato plants in Lancaster County and potatoes in Knox County. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 25): Prodenia ornitho£alli Guen. was reported 
in Learned in cotton and on gladiolus at Ridgcland on May 22. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (June 6): Cutworms seriously dana:ed "bean patches at 
Granite and Butlerville in Salt Lnke County. 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Maw. et al.) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 2H) • Arnyworns are doing a considerable amount of 
danage in Fremont County. One UO-acre field of wheat was totally 
destroyed. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June): In Lancaster County, during the third week in 
June the true armyworn was damaging wheat heads in a few instances. 
Oklahona. C. F. Stiles (June 22): Arnyworns of undetermined species are 
reported danaging cotton in Canadian County. 
A CABBAGE BUTTERFLY (Pontia nonuste L.) 
Florida. H. T. Fernald (June IS): The flight this spring appears to have 
begun about May 10. The butterflies were cxtrcnely abundant near New 
Snyrna on the 10th and by the lUth had appeared at Daytona Beach (west 
side of Halifax River), but had disappeared on the l6th. On the 19th 
they appeared on the outer beach on the half-nile-wide key between the 
river and the ocean, and were continuing on the 2Uth. All were going 
north. On June U they were very abundant from Indian River City south 
to Cocoa, flying in a southerly direction. 
A TIGER MOTE ( Apantesis sp.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 25): An unusual outbreak of Apantesis sp. has 
occurred in Oktibbeha and Clay Counties. The last previous record 
was in 1925. The worms were noving out of pastures and destroying 
adjacent cotton. 
WIREY/OBMS (Elateridao) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (June 10): wireworns are seriously danaging 
corn in Carteret County and peanuts in Chowan County. 
South Carolina. W. J. Reid and C. 0. Bare (June 1-8) j In the spring of 1936 
wireworns (Heteroderes laurentii Guer., and other species) were again 
