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Utah 
Oregon 
Mississippi 
Ohio 
Nebraska 
Geo. P. Khowlton (September 5): The corn earworm is not doing 
quite rs much damage as last year or the year "before. 
L. P. Rockwood (September 3): Damage tc street corn is much no re 
common than usual, especially as compared with last year when 
damage was unusual. Spring and summer have "been unusually dry. 
LESSER CCB1T STALK- BORER ( Elasmorairus lignosellus Zell.) 
R. W. Earned (September 18): There has been a rather serious out- 
break of the lesser corn stalk- "borer, Ela smep al pus lignos ellus . 
Apparently this insect is present in all parts of the State. We 
have received specimens from several do^en places, indicating that 
the insects are distributed in injurious numbers quite generally 
throughout the State. They have been reported as injuring es- 
pecially soybeans, cor/peas, sorghum, corn, and sugar cane. In 
come gardens a large proportion of the plants '-ere destroyed by 
th Q se insects. One correspondent at Booneville vho sent in 
specimens from his garden wrote that at least 90 per cent of the 
peas were infested, and 25 per cent of the beans. The outbreak 
of this insect this summer is rather interesting as we did not 
have a single report of injury by this species during 1922 or 
192S. Three years ago, that is, during the summer of 1921, 
this insect occurred in injurious numbers at many places through- 
out the State. We io not have any record of the appearance "of 
this insect during 191S or 1920. 
STALK- BORER ( Paoaipema ni tela Guen. ) 
K. A. Gossard (September 20): The common stalk-borer has been 
received from many localities and was possibl:/" somewhat worse than 
in ordinary reasons, but the large number of specimens sent in may 
have been due to the alertness of our people in looking for the 
European corn borer. 
M. H. Swenk (September 3): A few reports of injury by the stalk- 
borer to corn were received during the first week in Augast. 
ARMYWCHM (Cirphis unir/unctav- Faw. ) 
Georgia 
Michigan 
V. C. Durham (September 17): Reported from Marietta on this date 
damaging late corn. 
WESTERN CORN R00TW0RM ( Diabrotica l ongicornis Say) 
R. H. Pettit (September 9): Destruction of a field of corn by 
this insect near Dundee. It seems that the owner of this field 
had used corn three years in succession in order to try to kill 
out quack grass with the result stated. Ordinarily we have very 
little trouble with this insect, owing, I suppose, to the regular 
system of rotation which is maintained as general practice in our 
State. 
