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tion — an eastern area and a western area.' Altogether 20 Nebras- 
ka counties are involved, either wholly or in part. •. in the areas 
of serious infestation. : (June 20): The only new development 
in the infestation since my report of Jftn* lis that the western 
area of infestation has been found to extend from northwestern 
Buffalo County into eastern Dawson County and southwestern 
Custer County. The infestation is light over this area, a typi-r- 
c al field near Callaway, Custer County, showing only 27 per cent 
of the stems infested with an. average of slightly less than 1 
puparium oer stem. 
L. Baseman (June 20): Bessian fly surveys show heavy infesta- 
tion and much lodging of wheat. 
T7BEAT STRA7 ffOEM ( Barmolita grand! s Riley) 
G-. F. Knowlton (June 15): Some winged adults have now matured 
in northern Utah. Infestations have ranged from to 30 uer cent 
with most samples showing less than 10 per cent. 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucp-oterus Say) 
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W. 2. B^itton (June 23): "Occasionally there are complaints 
-© f-4ead-bro**- patches in lawns at Hartford where there are a 
great many individuals. 
A. Lutken (June 24): Chinch "bugs moving out of grain fields 
have caused severe damage to small cornfields in localized 
areas. 
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Kansas 
Oklahoma 
C. J. Drake (June 22): The chinch bug is extremely abundant 
in Lee and Des Moines Counties. In a few instances the bugs 
have started to migrate from small grain inte roffiftolds. 
L. Haseman (June 22): In central Missouri migration from 
wheat to corn began June 9 and in most fields the migration 
is now about over. Bugs are less abundant than expected. 
M. H. Swenk (June 20): Chinch bugs are moderately abundant. 
H. R. Bryson (June 24): Chinch bugs are very abundant in 
south-central Kansas. They are causing considerable injury to 
rowed crops in south-central and southeastern Kansas. Injury 
has been reported from Cambridge. The population at Manhattan 
is much grea-ter than at any time since 1927. They moved from 
plots of thin wheat at the college agronomy farm in sufficient 
numbers to cause considerable injury to adjoining corn -olots. 
C. F. Stile (June 21): Chinch bugs are quite numerous in 
cent ml and northern Olclghjyno and doing considerable damage to 
corn and grain sorghum. 
