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WH¥AT SHEATH GALL JOINTWCRM (Harmolita vag5nicola Dearie) 
R„ Ho Pettit (Septaber 21): I received on the 20th Inst* samples 
of the sheath jointworm from John E e Hanson, Elsie, Mich* 1 am 
sorry to see this species coming back. 
FALSE HREffCRM feleodes sp.. ) 
C» P« Gillette. We commonly have many complaints from the dry 
farmers in the eastern portion of the State because of injuries 
to fall grains from the attacks of faj.se wiuewormss, One of my 
men has just returned from an inspection trip and reports t'eiy 
little injury^ He nas able to find an occasional field where 
appreciable harm was bzeing done. In a single instance he thought 
20 per cent of the grain had probably been destroyed* 
A FSOCID ( Per ips ocas sp, ) 
Mo Hv Swenk (September 15-30} J From Box Eutte County a report 
of thousands of the Psocid (Per ips ocas 2-0* ) occurring on the racks 
with which grain was be:^ng hauled go the threshing machines during 
the last week in September was received. 
SIX-SPOTTED LEAFEOPFER (Cicadula 6 notata Pau. ) 
Mo He Swenk (October 1-20): [During the period covered by this 
report there have been numerous inquiries concerning the large 
number of ..leaf&oppera present in the volunteer wheat and the 
young wheat of the new crop. These reports have come from 
Dodge, Colfax, Seward, and other counties between October 4 and 
15- The spocies concerned is chiefly Cicadul a punctata. No 
serious injury has been noted or reported as a result of the 
unusual abundance of these insects. 
A LSAFHOPPER (Del tocephalus affinis Gillette and Ball) 
M» E» Swenk (October 1-20); Tb.is insect, associated with an 
outbreak of Cicad ula 6-not ata . has been received from Dodge, 
Colfax, Hall, Seward and oxiher counties between October h and 
15. 
A ROOT APHID ( Ceo i ca squamosa Hart. ) 
M. H« Swenk (October 1-20): In Douglas, Dodge, and Colfax 
Counties there have appeared during October in some of the early- 
sown fields an abundance of G-eoica sq uamo sa. The county 
agricultural agents of these counties report that some of these 
fields are being seriously irjured by these aphids* 
Nebraska 
A ROOT APHID ( For d a olivaoea Rohwer ) 
M« He Swenk (October 1-20): In Douglas, Dodge, and Colfax 
Counties there have appeared during October in some of the early- 
sown fields considerable numbers of wheat root-lice, chiefly 
For da ol ivacea . The county agricultural agents of these counties 
report that some of these fields are being seriously injured by these 
aphids. 
