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HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructo r Say) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (August 22): Light infestations in St. Joseph, 
Branch, and Calhoun Counties, southern part of the State on July 28. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 2^): There are not enough flaxseeds in the 
wheat stubble to cause serious alarm in any part of the State, though 
in spotted areas throughout the southern half of the State trouble is 
more likely to appear. 
WHEAT STEM MAGGOT ( ivleromyza americana Fitch) 
Texas. P. B. Dunkle (August 22): An exceptionally heavy infestation is 
occurring in Denton County where fully 50 percent of the culms are 
infested. 
CORN 
CORN EAR WOfiM ( Heliothis oh sol eta F.) 
Maine. J. H. Hawkins (August 16) : Usually confined to the coastal area 
of southwestern Maine, but now found over the greater sweet corn 
section of the State, including Orono. 
New York. H. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 22): Infestations 
in the Long Island area still extremely light. Examination of 100 
plants in each of 9 fields shows an average infestation of only 11 
percent, the infestations ranging from to 28 percent. 
South Carolina. W. C. Nettles (August 22): Damage is serious on late- 
planted com. 
Ohio. G. A. Runner (August 23): More than the usual abundance on sweet 
corn. 
Indiana. E. J Walter (August 23): Infestation in both sweet and dent 
corn lighter than usual. 
Illinois. B. A. Blanchard (August 29): Observed to be abundant in dent 
corn in southern Illinois by late August. Infestation in central 
llltTJ- / t f- th f tl:ne - Canr -° 1T Corn in thc Hoopeston area only 
lightly infested D y August 19. Development of the insect apparently 
fwL , 7 I dry . Wcather in P arts of southern Illinois, whereas the 
abundance of ram in central Illinois has resulted in a low infestation, 
KentU ™ !* f* PrlC ^ (AlJ€USt ?M)l Infest ^ions range u P to SO percent in 
some plantings of sweet corn in thc vicinity of Lexington. 
Mississippi C. Lylo (August 2k): Cotton bolls showing slight injury 
ce G n?r!l and CCnt i y *T **?«*«» »^*> Jon... and Pike^ounties! south- 
ccntial and southwestern Mississippi. Infestations in east-central 
Mississippi reported on August 22. Damage to corn and slight injury 
to cotton observed in southwestern Mississippi on August 20 
