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CORN 
EUROPEAN COEK BORER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
New Hampshire p. R. Lov/ry (July 22): Larvae in the fifth instar founi 
in a field at Hudson on July 18. 
Pennsylvania T. L. C-uyton (July 20): Adults are emerging in Erie Ccunty. 
Ohio T. H. Parks (July 20): The first sv;eet corn rown i n 
Lucas County was trucked to Detroit market today. It har 
larvae in it, but not very serious yet. More damage is ex- 
pected to corn that will be harvested in two -reeks. Some early 
sweet corn fields nor: have about 50 per cent of the stalks Lth 
feeding marks on the leaves and larvae from very young to half- 
grown in the tassels and tops of the plaits, a few tassels 
are already broken. Gro'-ers feel that the damage -ill be 
somewhat heavier than last year. Late-planted field corn 
sho-'S no infestation, but in iviay-planted fields soie infesta- 
tion. is visible. 
Guatemala Monthly News Letter, Bureau of Entomology, No. 182, June: 
Carl Heinrich, specialist in Lepidoptera of the Taxonomic 
unit of the Bureau, who left Washington on April 9 to investi- 
gate the occurr_.\CJ of the European corn borer in Guatemala, 
as reported (Informe del Entom. Oficial, Bol. .^gr. Guat.,6 
vi. -297, 1927), returned June 19. Mr. Heinrich was fortunate 
enough to be able to examine corn growing in the identical 
field in the neighborhood of Antigua, from which P. nubilalis 
v/as reported. Ho European corn borer was found, but there 
was an 1 (injurious abundance of the Central American corn borer 
Diatraea lineol ita 71k. Adult moths wero reared from this 
material and accurately determined as this species. 
STALK BOBEE ( Papaipema nebris nitela Gueh.) 
Connecticut ..'. E. 3ritton (July 22): Seems to be more abundant than 
usual in Hew Haven, ,'allingford, Karcdon, Orange, Eairfi^ld, 
and Bethlehem, "'here it is attacking corn, dahlia, and holly- 
hock. 
Hew York C. R. Crosby (June 27): In one or two fields of tomatoes 
in Hassau County 20 per cent of the plants ~ere killed. 
Virginia ". J. Schoene (July 24): je are receiving complaints from 
all sections of the State. In some cornfields the injury is 
said to be conspicuous . 
Ohio T. H. Parks (July 25): Complaints of d ;e to corn, holly- 
hocks, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are being received 
from many sections of the State. 
