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Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (August): Corn ear worm unusually abundant in cars 
and "buds of young corn. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 2*+): Field corn over the State showed very 
little infestation during the first 3 weeks in August. Increase 
indicated during the latter part of the month and moths now fairly 
abundant at Columbia. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (August 20): Corn ear worm at Blackwell, Kay County. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (August 22): Seriously injuring the heads of grain 
sorghums in some places in Brazos and Burleson Counties, east-central 
Texas. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (August 1): Damaging 35 percent of the sweet corn 
examined at Willard, north-central Utah, and 35 percent of the cars 
examined at Moab, in the southeastern part of the State. 
H. E. Dorst (August 23): Only about 35 percent of early and 
mid season sweet corn infested. Midseason corn showod only small 
larvae when corn was ready for market. Silking of the corn must not 
have synchronized with the peak of flight of the moths. Only an 
occasional larva observed in tomato fruits. Infestation very light 
to date. 
' FALL ARMYWORM ( Laohygma frugiperda S. & A.) 
Maine. J. H. Hawkins (August l6) : Isolated instances found in sweet 
corn in the vicinity of Orono, Penobscot County. 
Maryland. L. F. Ditman (August 23): An unusually heavy infestation in 
the neighborhood of College Park, damaging the curl of young corn, 
both sweet and field. 
Virginia. C. G. Foole (August 12): Larvae are boring into and seriously 
injuring buds of late corn at Virgil ina, in south-central Virginia. 
(Let. by C. Heinrich.) 
H. G. Walker (August): Quite destructive to late plantings of 
field and sweet corn near Norfolk and on the Eastern Shore. 
North Carolina. W. A. Shands (August 12) : Considerable injury on late 
corn noted in the vicinity of Oxford, north-central part of the State. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (August 1): Fall armyworms about two- thirds 
grown received from Zobulon, central Georgia. This is 'the first 
rocord for the year of damage by this insect. (August 22): A few 
worms seen this month at Experiment on cowpeas and in corn ears. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2k) : Reported as causing considerable damage 
to corn in various sections of Mississippi during the last month. A 
45-acre field in Monroe County, northeastern Mississippi, heavily 
damaged. Unusually severe damage reported on a number of farms in 
