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Oklahona. E. T. Jones (July 7): General, scattered, very light infestations 
observed throughout northern Oklahoma in fields lacking in infestation 
last year. 
A LEAFHOPPER (Cicadollidae) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July ll): .An edge of a wheat- 
field in Cayuga County "became severely infested with clover leaf hoppers 
when an adjacent meadow was cut for hay. The infestation was very severe 
within a rod or two of the meadow, "but beyond that negligible. There 
were 25 to 30 hoppers on many of the wheat heads. Several fields checked 
showed the hoppers serious only in fields adjacent to mowed meadows. 
CORN 
CORN EAR WORM ( Keliothis obsoleta F. ) 
New York. L. A. Car ruth (July 29): First-brood infestations found tc be re- 
markably low on western Long Island. Usually some serious commercial 
injury found in July but none this year. Pupae recovered from diggings in 
a field heavily infested last sear on have been reared to moths. 
Delaware. L. A, Stearns (July IS): Infestation is reported from Smyrna, in Kent 
County. 
Virginia. II. G. Walker (July 26): Damage to sweet corn has been unusually light 
in the Norfolk district and many fields of tomatoes are practically froe 
from injury. 
Georgia, C. H. Aldon (July 21): Larvae are doing considerable feeding on ears 
of corn and some damage to tomatoes at Cornelia, northern Georgia. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 26): Not conspicuously abundant although specimens 
were collected feeding in green tomato fruits the first week in July. 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (July 25): The corn ear worm is unusually abundant. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 25): Severe damage to corn in southern Mississippi, 
Medium damage to both tomatoes and corn in east-central Mississippi, 
Louisiana. 3. A. Osterborger and E. R. Lett (July): Eggs are fairly numerous 
at Baton Rouge on the late corn. Adults noticed on cloudy days in flight. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 23): Reported from many sections of the State 
as doing some damage, principally tc sweet com and tomatoes, 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 23): In the vicinity of Columbia sweet corn ears 
showed considerable infestation during the second week of July and cater- 
pillars had pupated by July 20. Over tho State generally the pest has 
seemingly not attracted much attention, 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 2g): Some injury to early sweet corn reported. 
