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SOUTHERN FIELD- CRO? IHS3CTS 
SUGARCANE 
SUGAHGAaS BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Jala.) 
1. E. Hinds (September 20): The sugarcane "borer has "be- 
come moderately abundant throughout the cane belt in the 
southern third of the State. The -prospect is for a total 
damage below normal, which is 19 per cent of the crop. 
The parasitism of eggs of Biatraea by Tr i ghogr amma m.i nutum 
Riley has been increasing rapidly during the past month 
and is now destroying: more than 95 per cent of the borer 
eggs in many localities. 
FOREST A IT S SHADE - TREE I N S E C T S 
PERIODICAL CICADA (T ibic in a se-ctendeeim L. } 
W. P. Flint (September 7): Brood II appeared in Hend- 
erson, barren, Knox, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Mason, 
Schuyler, Adams, Brown, Cass, Morgan, Pike, Scott, and 
in the edges of Tazewell and Menard Counties, with the 
heaviest emergence in the western edge of Mason and Ful- 
ton Counties. There were possibly scattered individuals 
a little farther east, but certainly no general appear- 
ance . 
BAG¥0HM ( Thyr i dp-p t eryx gghemer agf ormi s Haw. ) 
T. H. Parks (September 10 ) : More complaints than usual 
have been received from the southern and central parts of 
the State of attacks on evergreens. 
S. Mendenha.ll (September 2): J-eneral in southwestern 
Ohio from Columbus south and southwest. It is very bad in 
several localities in this territory, including Columbus, 
Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati. Arborv'.tae and other 
evergreens seem to be their favorite food, but they are 
found on many deciduous trees and shrub s as well, causing 
a great deal of damage by defoliation. 
R. 5. Earned (September 23): Reported as abundant cn 
fig trees at Amory on August 24 and on cedar trees at 
Duck Hill on August 21. 
TTHITE-MARTlSD TUSSOCK MOTH ( Hemer ooaana leuco s t igma 3. & A, 
M. H. Sv/enk (September 3): The second brood defoliated 
the elms quite severely in parti: of Lincoln daring August. 
