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destruction range from 10 percent in. Logan .County to }J5- /percent in' Stark 
County of seeded crop. At least 80 percent of the lar-vae are full grown 
at this date, but some injury i& being reported, 
Nebraska. H. H, Walkden (June l): Approximately 25 acres of wheat in Dawes 
County in northwestern Nebraska has been damaged by P. orthogonia . This 
is the first record of injury by this species in Nebraska as far as I 
know. 
Kansas. H. R. . Bry son. (June 26): The variegated cutworm is in approximated 
outbreak proportions in the eastern third of Kansas and some other lo- 
calities. The cotton cutworm (P. ornithogalli ) is occuring in Brown, 
Doniphan, and Leavenworth Counties in northeastern Kansas on garden 
truck, 
Colorado, S. C. McCampbell (June 28): Last week there was a very heavy flight 
of moths of C. auxiliaris in the eastern part of the State, extending' in- 
to the mountains to an elevation of 8,000 feet, 
Utah, G, P. Knowlton (June', 9) J Cutworms are damaging eggplant, cucumbers, and to- 
matoes at Spanish Pork and garden plants at Brigham, 
BEET WEBWORM ( Loxostege sticticalis L. ) t 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (June 22): The moths of the sugar beet webworm are 
abundant at Pargo and reports accompanied by specimens indicate that they 
are exceedingly abundant in the vicinity of Verona, La Moure County, 
and Pullerton, Dickey County. 
Utah. G. P. Knowlton (June l): Sugar beet webworms have been hatching in the 
: J vicinity of Ogden, Tremendous numbers of adult moths are worrying the 
farmers at Panguitch and in other parts of Garfield County. 
Utah and Idaho. H. E, Dorst (June 15) 2 Larvae are becoming numerous on beets. 
Spraying has been undertaken in Sevier Valley and in Utah County, Utah, 
and in Pranklin County, Idaho, 
GARDEN WEBWORM ( Loxostege similalis GuenJ ') 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (June 26): Noted on June 23 a definite outbreak of the 
garden webworm. Reports of injury have been received from several places 
in the State, particularly in the eastern half and in the vicinity of 
Manhattan. Injury has been observed in alfalfa, corn, and in gardens, 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (June 22): Some fields of young cotton near Temple, Bell 
County, were almost completely destroyed by L. similalis . The insect has 
also caused injury to alfalfa in Hunt County in northern Texas, 
A WEBWORM ( Loxostege sp. ) 
Washington. E. W. Jones (June 21): A webworm was found destroying spring 
onions and carrots at Walla Walla after migrating from a young alfalfa 
