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WHEAT HEAD ARKYWORM ( Neleucania albilinea Ebn.) - 
Iowa. E. E. Jaques (July 24): The wheat head arrayworm is moderately abundant in 
Audubon County. 
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CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucooterus Say) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkis's (July 26): The re, .are local infestations on corn, 
where damage is severe. '. 
Ohio. T. ■ H. Parks (July 23): Chinch bugs increased greatly during the last year 
and are now injuring corn in about 'half of the counties in western Ohio. They 
are most abundant where barley is being grown and have caused rather severe 
injury to some fields of corn. Wood County- probably lias more of the bugs than 
any other county. /•'■,'' 
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North Dakota. Z. P. Metcalf (July "5): Chinch bugs are very bad on corn in Pitt 
County. 
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Indiana. H. 0. Deay (July 25): The chinch bug. is. very abundant in De Kalb, Allen, 
and Huntington Counties. / 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (July 20): . Chinch' bugs are causing damage in some 30 
counties as far north as Cook, Will, and Kendall,' Counties. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July 25):,. During the week of July 18 we received reports of 
the chinch bug from Britton, Ridgeway, Tecumseh, Milan, Dundee, and Petersburg. 
Minnesota. A., 0. Ruggles (July 26):' Chinch bugs are definite^ doing damage in 
Goodhue, Anoka, and Mille Lacs Counties, ^and, probably in dther counties also, bx 
no definite reports yet. 
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Iowa. H. E. J p. que s (July): Chinch bugs have been serious: in southern Iowa, but 
are now nru^h reduced in numbers. They threaten trouble for ne^t year. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 20): Along the southern border#>f the State, from 
Nuckolls County east, and north into Lancaster Count: r , chinch bugs have been 
abundant in many localities, and from June 22 to July 15 caused some damage in 
young corn when they moved out of the small grains, especially the barley field! 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 17): The chinch bugs have increased in numbers at 
Manhattan during the past months and have caused some damage to corn plots 
adjacent to plots of thin wheat- at the collcr'e agronomy farm. Scattered report; 
of injury were received from central' Kansas. ; The nymphs have matured at 
Manhattan and the adults have dispersed over the fields. The recent dry weathea 
has been favorable to their development and unfavorabl'e to the growth of corn 
and sorghums. . . • 
CORN FLEA BEETLE ( Chaetocnema pv.licaria Melsh. ) 
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Maryland. E. N. Cory (July 20): C. pulicaria was especially abundant in late 
June, doing a tremendous amount of damage to corn. 
