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New Ham-DShire 
Illinois 
continued injury in corn and cane fields during the remainder of 
July. Some rather important injury of this sort was reported 
from Phelps and Harlan Counties, west of the main area of damage 
as given in my report of July 25, during the last week in July. 
The second generation of this pest is doing damage in the corn- 
fields of southeastern Lancaster County at the time of the for- 
warding of this report. Many bugs of the second generation 
have become matured at this time. 
CORN FAR WORM ( Heliothis o bsoleta Fab. ) 
P. P. Lowry (August 10): Half a dozen larvae sent in from a 
small patch of sweet corn. This is the first record of this 
species in the State since 1922. 
W. P. Flint (August 18): There has been very little increase in 
injury by the corn ear worm during the past month, a light infesta- 
tion occurring in sweet corn fields, but no very serious damage to 
date. 
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S. L. Chambers (August 20): Several complaints have been received 
from growers to the effect that this pest has made its appearance 
in southern Wisconsin, but little damage has been done as yet. 
A. C. Morgan (August 2C): The corn ear worm was quite injurious 
in the buds of the young corn in late July at Clarksville. 
F. L. Thomas (August 19): Two or o worms to every head of milo, 
great numbers in the corn. Also reported from Lubbock, Hall, 
Wichita, Cass, Panola, Tyler, and Brazoria. Counties. 
T. D. Urbahns and assistants (August 12): In Mendocino County 
the corn ear worm is attacking corn and doing severe damage. 
CORN BOOT WORM ( Diabrotica long i cornis Say) 
M. H. Swank (July 25 to August 25): During the last week in July 
we received several reports of serious injury to corn by the western 
corn--root worm (Dia brotica longi cornis ) from Dundy County, in the 
extreme southwestern part of Nebraska. Many fields were reported 
as affected, the damage in some cases being estimated as fully 20 
per cent of the field destroyed. One seventy acre field 77as at- 
tacked both by the western corn- root worm and the seed-corn beetle 
( Agonoderus pal lines) , the latter also attacking the root system 
of the corn, and in combination these two pests threatened to des- 
troy the field. Injury by the western corn-root rcorm was also 
reported from Kearney County. This pest as a rule is not serious- 
ly injurious so far to the westward in Nebraska. 
