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Nebraska M. PI. Swenk (September 3): During the month of August 
there was much serious trouble with corn root worms in several 
sections of the State. The corn was killed out in large 
patches, and there were many fallen stalks in the affected 
fields. Two years ago (1927) there was similar trouble with 
this pest, but little or none last year. D. longicornis Say 
was especially troublesome in Valley, Sherman., and Buffalo 
Counties in the central part of the State, and also in Keya 
Paha County to the north and in -Tebster, Nu.clbo.lls , and Jeffer- 
son Counties along the southern boundary of the State. The 
Colorado^? oot worm (]). virgif era Lee.) was similarly trouble- 
some in southwestern Nebraska (Hitchcock County). 
FLOuER BEETLES ( Euphoria spp . ) 
North Carolina C. H. Erannon (September 4): Flower beetles of this genus 
are causing noticeable injury to corn in Caswell County. 
SOY IgSftNS 
VELVET BEAN CATEilPILLAR ( Anticarsia ^emmatilis Kbn.) 
Louisiana E. Hinds (September 20): This insect is very abundant 
in the southern half of the Stacc. It has appeared this year 
in greater abundance than ever before, stripping soy beans as 
completely as the ccttcn leaf worm does cotton. C-utbreak ap- 
peared first in the vicinity of Jeanerettc and stripoing be- 
came general at Baton Rouge by the last of August. Another 
generation is in prospect. Poisoning has checked worm feed- 
ing promptly with some burning of foliage which has not been 
nearly so serious as the worm stripping. "Tnere worm feeding 
was stopped by poisoning the buds were saved and started new 
growth promptly. V, r here worms were not poisoned and were abun- 
dant they frequently destroyed buds so completely that new 
foliage was not formed. The s^od crop of several varieties 
of soy beans will be materially reduced in Louisiana.. Natural 
control of these worms has been noticed especially through the 
feeding of birds, the attack of wasps, and attack of a white 
fungus, presumably Eimousa rileyi , which is causing the death 
of large numbers of larvae. 
T. E. Kolloway (September 17): Mess . s . J. .7. Ingram and 
"7. A. Douglas have found an infestation ranging from ITapoleon- 
ville through southern Louisiana to the Texas line. The only 
crop attacked is soy beans, except cotton growing next to soy 
beans. Unless checked, the caterpillars defoliate the soy 
beans plants and then feed on the remaining stems, finally de- 
stroying all life. ' Curiously enough, neither velvet beans nor 
corrpcas, even when growing next to soy beans, is attacked. 
J. 7. Ingram (August 27): On August 27 a plantation was 
