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in northeastern Kansas, Dry weather has "been favorable to the 
insect. The second "breed is now hatching in large numbers in corn 
and sorghum fields, 
iississippi R, W. Harned (July 15): Luring the last few days in June and the 
first few days in July, complaints in regard to the chinch bug on 
corn were received at this office from Benton, Copiah, and Yalobusha 
Counties* 
CCei\T SaP. V/CRM ( Relict his cb sol eta Tab.) 
South Caro- J, 0, Pepper (July 8); The larvae of this insect have migrated from 
lina alfalfa fields to near— by cornfields and are seriously injuring the 
young corn in Oconee County, attacking both the stalks and the 
buds. 
!owa Co Na Ainslie (July l6): The larvae are attacking growing corn 
at Sioux City, eating out the throat of the stalks and killing the 
growing tip, especially in sweet corn. At this date the larvae are 
about half grown. 
rebraska M, H, Swenk (July 25) ' The common corn ear worm caused considerable 
alarm, as well as local injury, by starting in at the top of the 
corn plants and working down in the center of the stalks, devouring 
the developing tassel, during the period from July 7 to 15j inclusive* 
The younger stages of this insect were in several instances thought 
by farmers to be the European corn borer, Complaints of this sort 
came from Douglas, Sarpy, northeastern Gage, and northern Webster 
Counties* 
Kansas J, \l McColloch (July 17): The corn tar worm is extremely abundant 
this year over the entire State, Everj ear of sweet col's has at 
least one larva in it. The injury + o the curl and tassels' of field 
corn has been outstanding. Approximately 25 P 61 " cent of the plants 
in Riley County show severe rag— worm damage, Reports from all 
sections of the State indicate that this condition is general, (July 31 
The corn ear worm continues extremely abundant in the State* Practi- 
cally every ear of sweet corn going on the market in Riley County 
is infested, Field corn is just coming into the ear and the woims 
are already abundant on the developing ears, 
ississipri R„ W„ Harned (July 15); Considerable injury to corn by the corn 
ear worm, Helicthis obsolet a T was reported from Columbia, Marion 
County, on July 10. 
LARGER CORN STALK EORER ( Diatr aea zeacolella Lyar) 
arth R, Wo Leiby (June 2Q): More than the average number of complaints 
irolina ofninjury by thir insect are being received. The dry season may 
have made injuries to corn mere pronounced, 
STALK BORER ( Papaiuema nit cla Guen.) 
ssachusetts A, I, Bourne (July 2k): YTe received our fies^ specimens of 
