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"Virginia 
Indiana 
ABMYTOHI (Giro hie unipun c a - aw.) 
Herbert Spencer (May 27): There is a pronounced outbreak of army- 
worms in the Norfolk section, with considerable damage to alfalfa 
and corr. . There have been /any calls for assistance at the Virgini 
Truck Experiment Station. 
J. J. Davis (l ay 24): The first adults were observed at Lafayette 
May r i . vr c have observed then; rather frequently at lights during 
the month. 
Illinois 
Louisiana 
hrizona 
\'J . P. Flint; Adults of this species are abundant in central and 
southern Illinois. They have oeen on the wing every night for more 
than a month when the temperature has beer sufficiently high to 
promote insect activity. 
FALL AHMTOFM (La ohygn.a f rugioer dc S. & A.) 
T. E. Kolioway and V r . E, Haley (May 15): A field of young corn 
near New Orleans was noted in which practically every plant was 
mere or less injured by this insect. Moths as well as larvae of 
various sizes were present. 
F &SE CHINCH-3UG (Kysius ericae S chill.) 
V. L. V/ildermuth through Ceo. A. Dean: Th -re has been a rather 
serious outbreak of the false chinch-bug in the Salt River v alley 
during the past two weeks. These bugs have been injuring a great 
variety of cultivated crops which happen to be growing adjoining 
waste places where they were able to bre^d up in considerable num- 
bers upon various weeds, the -chief of which was probably wild 
mustard. The crops damaged have oeen corn, cotton, and garden 
varieties . 
Georgia 
BILLBUGS ( Sohenophorus sp?.) 
D. K. Young (April 19): Sphenophorus c .1 Ids us Oliv. is reported 
as doing severe damage in a few cornfields at Camilla, This is 
the first report of the season. 
i.iscoun 
L. Haseman (May 22): Corn billbugs are reported from west-central 
Missouri as abundant. 
ALFALFA A1 TO CLOVER 
PE JJ / *>} I n ( Iilinoia pie i Kalt . ) 
Wisconsin J. E. Dudley, Jr. (l ay 24): There appears to be a "ore general 
infestation of both aphids and natural enemies than last year. In 
ore or two fields coccinellids are particularly numerous. Clover 
- ". alfalfa are oeing ti .eked in Columbia County. 
