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str.lk "borer have been received from Lawrence on July l6, McCune 
on July 21, and St ill well on July 23, 
ARMYROEM ( Cirphls unrouncta Haw. ) 
C. 3. Mickel (July 15 ): Several local outbreaks' of armyworms 
have appeared at St-> Paul 'but they are very local in nature rnd 
in all cases the worms have been heavily parasitized, 
TC3STERN ARI.mVGRM ( Ohorira^ otis aux-'li^r is {irdtoqO 
C% E, Mickel (July 15) : Luring the latter part of May and the first 
half of June there was a very heavy flight of western army cutworm 
moths in the western part of the State, The flight extended to the 
eastern part of the State, although the numbers ox moths in the 
latter section was much lers than in the west, 
STRIPED COTTJ POREH ( Hadena fractilinea Grote) 
3„ P, Felt (July 29): Larvae were received in early July from 
Schoharie County, accompanied by the statement that the insect 
was causing quite serious damage to fields of ensilage corn. 
C, H% Crosby and assistants; T^o fields of corn were partially 
destroyed at West Valley by this insect. 
BLACK CUTUOKM (Agrptis vpsil o n Hott. ) 
W. P, Flint (July 20): The most abundant cutworm occurring in the 
State this year has been the greasy cutworm, A groti s ypsilcn . This 
species has caused damage on lowlands v or areas that had been 
partly overflowed earlier in the spring. It has been received in 
large cornstalks, where it was boring in the stalk in somewhat 
the same manner as the larvae oi the common stalk borer, although 
the entrance hole was very much larger. 
YELLOW-STRIPED ARMYWORM ( Prodenia ornitho^alli Ouen.) 
J. 77. McQolloch (July 1): This cutworm has caused damage to corn 
at Port Scott and lola. 
GARDEN W3BWC&M (Lo::ostege similalis Guen.) 
L. Haseman (July 23): For the past week the garden webworm has 
been attracting special attention in the southeastern counties 
of the State where corn and cotton are being damaged extensively* 
Here, in central Missouri, this caterpillar is also very abundant 
in places though it is confining its work quite largely to pigweeds 
and other uncultivated plants » 
J. VJ. McColloch (July 1): The following reports have been received: 
On June 21, this insect destroyed 10 ac^es of corn at Eureka; June 
23, a field of lU acres was ruined at Eurlingame; June 2 £jyg{$££RY 
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