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St. PI. Bd. , Press Release (June 8): Several complaints 
of chinch bugs have been received from various sections of 
Mississippi. They are probably more abundant this season 
than usual, according to Prof. R. W. Harned, on account of 
the prolonged drought of last summer which was very favor- 
able for them. They cause the greatest damage in this State 
to corn and oats, generally feeding in large numbers around 
the roots, inside the leaf blades, and on other parts of 
the plants. Serious injury to corn usually occurs when this 
crop is adjacent to oats. 
WHITE-LINSD SPHINX ( Celerio lin eata Fab.) 
C. N. Ainslie (June 8): A complaint that corn on low land 
was being eaten by these worms was investigated and it was 
found that numerous larvae had wandered away from dock ( Ru- 
in es sp.) and that corn had been injured but not seriously. 
The larvae were of all sizes and appeared to relish the corn 
diet, a most unusual food for the species. 
C. P. Gillette (June 26): This insect is very abundant, 
mostly on weeds at Greeley and Collins area. 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Fab. ) 
E. N. Cory (June 22): Corn ear worm moths were observed 
about June 15 in small numbers. 
D. 3. Whelan (May 15 - June 15): The first generation be- 
gan hatching about J u ne 10. Adults, eggs, and newly- hatched 
larvae were found on com plants on June 15 at Lincoln. 
K. L. Cockerham (June 5): The corn ear worm is beginning 
to show up as a serious -oest on early corn at Foley. A re- 
port on one-half carload for market showed approximately 
85 per cent injury. 
R. W. Harned (June 19): Correspondents at Glendora, Tal- 
lahatchie County, and Brooksville, Noxubee County, sent to 
this office on June 12 and 13 specimens with the information 
that these insects were abundant on young corn and were 
causing considerable damage. This insect was also reported 
as causing considerable injury to the tomato crop at Long 
Beach, on June 12. 
17. 3. Hinds (June 23): The second generation of the corn 
ear worm is moderately abundant in general. Parasitism by 
Tr i cho gramma minutum Riley is developing in the eggs more 
numerously, and earlier in the season than is the case with 
eggs of Birtraoa sac choral is Fab. 
