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County 
Infestation 
County 
; Infestation 
Percent 
7-3 
1.1 
2.0 
^5 
1.3 
13.0 
6.8 
Orleans 
Oswego 
Seneca 
Tompkins 
Wayne 
Wyoming 
Yates 
; Percent 
: 1.3 
; 7.1 
: 16.0 
. : S.O 
2.0 
: 2.7 
Average for State 5.4 
A WHEAT STEM SAWFLY ( Cephas py gmaeus L. ) 
Hew York. W. E. Blauvelt (August 13): The percentage of infestation of wheat 
"by this sawfly was determined by examining 25 culms from each sample. 
Sawfly larvae from U2 of the samples were examined and all were C. pygmaeus 
County 
Cayuga 
Erie , 
G-enesee . . , 
Livingston 
Monroe . . . , 
IT i agar a . . . 
Onondaga . , 
Ontario . . , 
Infestation 
P ercent 
lU.O 
3.0 
h.3 
7.6 
6.3 
2.5 
9.7 
3.Q 
County 
Orleans 
Oswego . 
Seneca . 
Tompkins 
Wayne . . 
Wyoming 
Yates .. 
Infestation 
Percent 
3.S 
14.0 
s.g 
8.0 
6.2 
5-8 
1.3 
Average for State 6.6 
CORN 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Ohio. J. s. Houser (August 22): Rye sown as a cover cro following early po- 
tatoes is seriously infested at "'ooster. Sudan grass pasture is dying in 
spots from chinch hug damage. Several hundred hugs may he found in some 
clusters, and range in age from first-instar nymphs to adults. The fungus 
disease Sporo trichum globuliferum is killing many of the insects. 
Illinois. L. H. Shropshire (August 20): Chinch hugs are very abundant at Des 
Plaines and have not been affected hy rains so far this month. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (August 2): The infestation has been spreading northward. 
