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mond, on which 100 acres of corn was planted* a lot of damage by several 
species of cutworms was noted May 28. The cutworms were thought to be the 
black cutworm ( Agro'tis ypsilon Rott.), with a few spotted ( Agrotis c- 
nigrum L. ) and bronze cutworms ( Nephelod.es emmedonia Cram.),- present. 
Georgia-. T. L, Bissell (June 9)* Pepper plants set in a field that was grassy 
last year ha© been attacked by cutworms. About half of the field required 
replanting. The infestation occurred at Experiment, Ga, 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 19) : One of the noctuid larvae was reported as 
doing serious damage to bean pods at Anniston on June 12, 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 2U); Specimens of the variegated cutworm ( Lyco- 
photia margaritosa saucia Hbn. ) were received at this office with the 
statement that they were causing serious injury to bur clover at Yazoo 
City on May 2k, 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June" 25) J The yellow-striped armyworm ( Prodenia orni- 
thogalli Guen. ) was abundant and destructive at Milton and Otterbein -and 
other points in central Indiana the middle of the month. 
C. M. Packard (June 22): Moths of L. margaritos a saucia were noted 
on cherry trees at West Lafayette. The fruit is ripening. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (Juno 23): The yellow-striped armyworm is very general- 
ly distributed over all of the State and is found in a wide variety of 
crops, including both grasses and legumes. Serious damage has been re- 
ported. The variegated cutworm is abundant in and destructive to alfalfa, 
Iowa, C. J. Drake (June 23) * The variegated cutworm is, doing extensive dam- 
age in many alfalfa and sweetclover fields; populations running from 10 
to ho per square foot in the more heavily infested area. 
C, J. Drake (June 23): The yellow-striped cutworm is abundant in al- 
most every county throughout the southern half of the State. The county 
agent of Guthrie County reported that this insect had totally destroyed 
a 65-acre cornfield. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (June 23); The variegated cutworm, combined with a 
smaller number of the greasy cutworm (A. ypsilon ) and more recently seem- 
ingly the fall armyworm ( laphygma frugiperda S. & A.), developed along 
with the recent armyworm epidemic. Relatively little cutting off of the 
plants occurred but the cutworms feed rather like armyworms. The cool, 
rainy weather prolonged the feeding. 
North Dakota, P. G. Butcher (June 22): Cutworms are abundant in the eastern 
counties and much damage to corn, other cereals, and gardens is being 
done. 
P. G. Butcher (June 22): The pale western cutworm ( Porosag- 
rotis o rthogonia Liorr.) is exceedingly abundant and causing excessive 
crop destruction west of Burleigh and Pierce Counties. Estimates of crop 
