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writing at least 75 per- cent gf %he "bugs have reached the mature winged stage. 
A heavy flight occurred today in the east central part of the State. Great 
numbers of bugs were seen in the air. A few have already gone into winter 
quarters. Unless weather conditions become such that the spring brood is 
seriously affected, we would anticipate more damage in Illinois next year 
than at any time during the past 50 years. There is not a cornfield in any 
part of the corn belt of this State that does not show a moderate to heavy 
infestation. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (September IS): Chinch bugs are scarce. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (September 21): Chinch bugs are moderately abundant. 
Spotted infestations. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (September 27): The second generation has greatly increased 
the population in Iowa. The infestation at the present time includes practical- 
ly all of the southern half of the State, being heaviest in the two southern 
tiers of counties. 
Nebraska. M. K. Swenk (September 21): The chinch bug is very abundant, especially 
in the southeastern and south-central counties. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September 23): Chinch bugs are scarce. They were found 
clustered on young feterita plants in August at Manhattan. They are not to 
be found in numbers at the present writing. One report from Kansas City on 
September 16 .stated they were injuring corn. 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Fab . ) 
New Hampshire. L. C. Glover (September 25): We have not had nearly so many 
complaints this year as last. 
Pennsylvania. T. L. Guy ton (September 25): The corn ear worm is fairly abundant 
in late corn in the vicinity of Harrisburg. This insect was not so abundant 
in the earlier corn. 
Maryland. E. II. Cory (September 25): The corn ear worm is very abundant. 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (September 21): 'The corn ear worm is very abundant in 
northern West Virginia. 
Virginia.. C. R. Willey (September 22): The corn ear worm was reported as being 
very damaging to several fields of late corn, Sept. 18, in Goochland County. 
Apparently this corn is very Late. The worms are working in the bud, and 
there seems to be practically 100 per cent infestation. 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (September 19): The corn ear worm is more destructive 
to corn than usual, riddling tops as well as eating into tips of ears. Larvae 
have also been sent with report of injury to peas and beans, presumably of late 
planting. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 21): The corn ear worm is very abundant, feeding 
mostly on beggarweed seed. 
