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FALSE WIREWORMS (Tenebrionidae) 
Washington J. Finley (About September .18) : 'Drove three miles (from Glade 
to Alder dale) through a migration of these beetles, all moving 
in a straight westerly direction; we walked about 150 yards out 
o.n each side of the road and estimated that the beetles averaged 
two to a square foot. 
WHEAT HEAD ARMY WORM ( Neleucania a-lbilinea Hbn.). 
^ a ^ ne H, B, Peirson (September 25): A very heavy infestation of the 
wheat head armyworm is reported on wild rice at South Lincoln. 
" CORN 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubi lalis Hon.) 
Maine . C. R. Phipps (September 24): The European corn borer is scarce, 
Vermont . H. L. Bailey (September 28): The European corn borer is reported 
■ as moderately abundant' in the southern section of the State. 
• Reported as present but in small numbers elsewhere. 
Connecticut N. Turner (September 15 and 16): The European com borer is 
present in ears and stalks of corn. Two small fields of sweet 
corn at Groton were moderately damaged. 
W. E. Britton (September 15 and 16): The European corn borer 
is quite. generally destructive in the southern portion of New 
London County, 
Rhode Island A. E. Stene (September 24): The European corn borer is very 
abundant in spots, but moderately abundant in most cases. 
New York New York Agr. Expt.' Station, Geneva (August 27): The European 
corn borer is very abundant in western New York. 
CORN EAR' WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Eab.) 
Maine C. R. Phipps (September 24): The corn ear worm is very abundant 
in Penobscot County, 
Connecticut N. Turner (September): In several fields in Fairfield County 
almost every ear was damaged by the corn ear worm. It is not 
prevalent in the no rthvre stern part of the State. 
Pennsylvania J. R. Stear (September 23): The corn ear worm is scarce in 
Ligonier. Pound only one worm in approximately 20 dozen ears 
of sweet corn harvested from my home garden. 
Virginia H. G. Walker (September 25): The corn ear worm is very 
abundant on Chinese cabbage around Norfolk. 
