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L« Haseman (May 27): During the month there have been a fevr 
fields of corn that have "been seriously damaged. 
K. C. Sullivan (May 23): A sod webwonn is reported on conn 
at Ashland . 
SEEL CORN BEETLE ( Agonoderus pall roes Fab.) 
R. L. Parker (May 22): The seed corn beetle is reported 
attacking corn sprouts at Fort Scott. 
C-RAPE COLAS?! £ ( Cola st; is brunr.ea Fab.) 
T. E. Holloway and J. '.7. Ingram (Kay 22): This snail 
beetle was found to be making irregular holes in the central 
leaves of young corn near Raceland. 
RED-HEADED FLEA BEETLE ( Systena oallicornis Schiff.) 
R. W. Harned (May 21): A medium infestation of flea 
beetles, Systena frontalis , was reported on cotton and corn 
from Church Hill in Jeffsrson County on May 20. 
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BEETLE ( Myochro us denticollis Lee . ) 
J. J. Davis (May 22): The southern corn leaf beetle \ 
sent in With the report that it was destroying 90 per cent or 
more of the corn in a large field near Patriot, Switzerland 
County. The beetles appeared and destroyed the corn between 
May 1 and 6, as many as 11 beetles per hill being found. The 
field had been in alfalfa and blue grass and had not been 
mowed for two years. It was plowed in February and olantec 
early. The beetles seem to feed mostly on the stem belo- 
g round. 
77. A. Price (May 21): The southern corn leaf beetle is 
doing serious damage to corn at Greenville and Alexandria. 
CORN BILL3UGS ( Sphenophorus spp.) 
L. Haseman (May 28): A serious outbreak of corn billbuss 
was reported by Paul H. Johnson in Scott County, Mav 20-25, 
Sphenophorus destructor Chitt. being the most important. 
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ALFALF A A'^ C I0 T C- 
.ALFALFA 17EEVIL ( Fhytonomus p osticus G-vll.) 
Claude Wakeland (May 32): Tht alfalfa vil is not 
alarmingly numerous at Parma; t r now cool and rainy. 
Weevil activity not likely to be sufficient to cause se 
injury. 
