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GORtT ROOTftORM (Diabrotica longicornis Say) 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (July 23): Reported on July lU, as damaging corn in 
Obion .and Tipton Counties, western Tennessee. Larvao were found eating the 
roots to such an extent that the stalks fell over. Adults on July 1M- 
occurred in largo numbers and fed not only on corn hut upon soybeans 
planted with the corn. (Det. "by A. G. Boving. ) 
SOUTHERN CORN ROOTOORM ( Diabrotica duodec impunc t at a P. ) 
Kentucky/. M. L. Didlake (July 25): Considerable injur;/ to corn appeared on the 
station farm in the vicinity of Lexington. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 25): Reported from Poplarville, southern Mississippi, 
that this insect has inflicted heavy damage to the corn crop in that 
section. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July 20) : The southern corn rootworn was observed in corn- 
fields in the vicinity of DeWitt and Ostordock, easternmost part of Iowa. 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus loucp-pterus Say) 
Ohio. T, H. Parks (July 25): No serious outbreaks occurred but damage reported 
to corn on one farm in each of three counties, Union, Morgan, and Clinton, 
in central and south-central Ohio. Bugs were discovered the second week 
of July, many of them having already moved into the corn. Most of the 
bugs have reached the adult stage. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 26): Although outbreaks of chinch bugs threatened 
during the latter part of June, n<-mo became serious. The counties where 
the bugs occurred in noticeable numbers included Knox, Daviess, Martin, 
Montgomery, Greene., and Clay, the southernmost point of abundance for 20 
years. 
Illinois, ft. P. Flint (July 23): Heavy rains during the Last month have largely 
done away with the threat of any damage. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July 25): A small infestation was reported from Monroe, 
in the southeastern corner of Michigan, on July l6. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 23): The chinch bug has continued to attract some 
attention and call for control work in a number of counties scattered most- 
ly from the central part of the State north to the Iowa border, 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July 20): Chinch bugs are fairly abundant in the southern 
two tiers of counties, and in central and western Iowa, extending deoply 
into the fourth tier of counties. Only a limited amount of damage in the 
small-grain fields but throughout most of the infested area, the popula- 
tion was large enough to destroy all the grasses in the wheat, oat, and 
barley fields. In a number of counties a few fields of corn have been 
badly injured or totally destroyed. The infestation in Audubon County is 
greater than in I93U. 
