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C. H. -Brannon (August 25): Damage to corn on the tip and ear 
has been extremely severe this season. 
J. R. Watson (September 21): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant. It is feeding mostly on beggarweed seeds and mining 
crotalaria pods. 
J. J. Davis (September 25): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant. Rather abundant generally in late corn, also attacking 
garden beans. 
ff. P. Flint (September 23): During the first part of September 
there has been an extremely heavy flight of adults throughout 
most of the State. At the present time corn has ripened and 
hardened so that very few eggs are being laid upon it. The moths 
are depositing very generally on some other plants, which often 
show from 25 to 50 eggs to the leaf. 
i.. Gr. Ruggles and assistants (September): During the early 
part of the month the corn ear worm was being reported as very 
abundant over the southern half of the State. (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
J. A. Munro (September 21 ): The corn ear worm has been un- 
usually abundant this season. Reports of its presence have been 
received from practically every corn-growing section of the State. 
H. E. Jaques (August 27): Unusually common in field corn this 
year. (September 24): The corn ear worm is very abundant 
throughout most of the State. 
M. H. Swenk (September 2l): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant to very abundant in eastern Nebraska. 
H. R. Bryson (September 23): The corn ear worm has done 
considerable damage to corn in Kansas; 
C. E. Stiles (September 26): Corn ear worms are moderately 
abundant in central and eastern Oklahoma. Some .damage to cotton 
bolls in bottom land and flight damage to pods of soybean in 
Craig County. 
C. Lyle (September 22): Severe injury to G-rohoma sorghum was 
reported from Crenshaw on August 28. Several complaints have 
been received of injury to tomatoes. 
C. E. Sanborn (September 22): The corn ear worm is very 
abundant . 
G. E. Knowlton (September 14): The corn ear worm lias been 
slightly more destructive than usual in Utah during the present 
season, : 
