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infBsted at Paola; June 26, considerable injury reported to 
corn in Bourbon County. 
BILLBUGS ( Sohenorhorus sop. ) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July 26): BillbugS have been reported from Jefferson- 
ville on this date, this being old injury to corn. 3illbug larvae 
••'ere abundant on July 19 in timothy bulbs at Vfinamac. 
MAIZE BILLBUG ( Sphcnoph orus maidis Chitt.) 
Kansas J. 7,\ McColloch (Juno 26) * A field of corn' at McFherson has been 
seriously damaged by this insect, 
C-BaPS COLASPIS (C ola Pi-pis bmnnea Fab*) 
Illinois v:. P. Flint (July 20): Reports of damage by the grubs of this 
species continued to be received during the latter part of June 
and the first cf July, A survey made by J. I£, Bigger in several 
counties of western Illinois showed that the larvae had caused the 
greatest amount of damage on spring-broken red-clover sod. Tall 
plowed red-clover sod was injured in a few cases, but not so severe 
as spring -broken sod. Injury is also reported where corn had follow 
corn, and where corn had followed mixtures of timothy and clever; 
also in a few cases to corn following soybeans. Corn on sweet-clove 
sod was nearly, or quite, free from injury. The adult insects are 
now very abundant in fields of soybeans, and are causing some damag 
by their feeding on the soybean leaves. 
STCGARCANS BFETL5 ( Bustheola ra .^ icons Lee. ) 
Illinois • W* ?. Flint (July "jO); Reported doing damage in a snail area in 
southern Illinois, The damage all occurred to corn,, and was typica 
of the damage by this insect in the South, This is the first tire 
that this insect has been reported doing damage in Illinois. Identi 
fication of the species was made by Dr. T. H. Prison of the Natural 
History Survey. 
Mississippi H. Y7. Harned (July 15): Two rather serious complaints in regard to 
injury by the rough-headed corn stalk beetle, or sugarcane beetle, 
were received during the early part cf July. Cne sugarcane grower 
in Lauderdale County reported that - 4C ner cent of his sugarcane 
had been damaged by this beetle. Another grower in Copiah County 
stated that a field of corn had been destroyed by this insect. 
PRI0I7US GRUBS 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (July 25): During the second reek in July a remarkable 
instance came to our notice, where a Greeley County cornfield, 
planted on native prairie sod broken this spring about the lest of 
March, disked six times and planted to corn about May 10, was 
practically destroyed between the middle of June and July S by 
Prionus grubs boring un i nto the cornstalk s and killing them. 
