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Unless weather conditions greatly change ..the situation, 60 or more coun- 
ties will "be heavily infested with bugs in 1935* Losses from the first 
generation in 29 counties have "been estimated by county agents and Feder- 
al crop reporters at $8, 275700'0""for snail "grains ^.d $3,131 ,000 for corn. 
They estimate that the savings fron the construction of barriers, amounted 
to $11, 723 ,000. In the 29' counties most heavily infested, the loss to the 
corn crop was estimated at 9«35 percent and the savings at 35 percent. 
Farmers who failed' to' Cooperate lost from. 25 to 75 percent of their corn 
crop'; . . 
Missouri; L. Haseman (August" 2*0: Chinch bugs are abundant in some, fields, 
but are fewer than expected,' due, we believe, to the excessively high 
temperatures in July. About 33-1/3 percent 'of the nymphs were still in 
the red stage on August 10-15, and about 50 percent of the corn was in 
the silo or shock. Recent. .rains 'will make food available, in most of 
the fields, for young bugs to mature in, but ws d.o not have as many bugs 
now, on the average, at: a year ago. 
Nebraska. M. H. SWenk (August 15) J The second brood has been developing 
during the period from July 15 to August 15. In a few instances the 
drying up of the corn through the drought forced a migration of the 
young bugs of the second brood, and in some instances barriers had to 
be put up to save feed crops. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 25): The second brood of chinch bugs was 
very much reduced, owing to the extremely high temperatures that pre- 
vailed during July and the first 15 days in August. Fields in the vi- 
cinity of Manhattan, where, enough bugs were- present to destroy the young, 
sorghum plants early in July, recovered on d mode some growth after the 
adult bugs of the first generation disappeared. At present the' indi- 
cations are that very few bugs will go into -hibernation. 
CORII LAMTERN PLY ( Peregrinus maid is Ashn. ) 
North Carolina. 1. A. Thomas (August 15): This insect has already put in 
its appearance on late corn at Chad-bourn an s done some damage by 
feeding and depositing e, ;s in the main ribs of «the corn leaves. The 
exuding sop is attracting large numbers of flies,' wasps, and beetles. 
The injury is apparently not so severe as was the case a few years ago. 
Mis Lssippi. J. M. Langston (A 1st 21): On August 8 a grower at Lyman, 
Harrison County, sent specimens to this office with the statement that 
his corn had been seriously ■ •> I. 
CORiT EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsolcta 
Mar setts. A. I. Bourn (A just 20): T.ie corn ear worm is possibly less 
a ' than usual, although it is still too early to tell definitely how 
serious it will be this year. 
Connecticut. N. T rner st 23): The corn ear worm is attacking sweet 
corn, but is not as a it as last year. 
