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was unusually heavily infested, about go percent of the cars "being 
attacked. We have several reports of similar damage in southern 
Connecticut. Unsprayed dahlias were also heavily infested, dissections 
showing as many as. 73 "borers in a single plant. Many second- instar 
larvae are present and p. few cast pupal skins, indicating that, there 
may be a partial third generation this year. Injury to gladiolus. has 
been reported, and larvae in stalks received from Westport. 
Pennsylvania. R. M. Baker (September): The infestation in Erie and Crawford 
Counties has been building up until, on a recent survey, 30 percent of 
the cornstalks in some fields were found to be infested. The infesta- 
tions in Centre, Clinton, and Lycoming Counties arc showing only a very 
slight increase. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 20): More than 60 fields" of "corn were 
found infested in 10 counties bordering on Lake Michigan. 
CORN R00TW0RM ( Dia.br ot lea longicornis Say) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (September 2l): Adults damaged' corn by- shredding 
the husks and eating the kernels at Lakeville. Twelve were submitted for 
identification. , ... . . 
ALFALFA 
GARDEN WEBWORM ( Loxostege similalis Guen. ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 2S): More abundant and destructive to 
alfalfa than f"or- a number of years, destroying a large acreage of this 
year's sowing of alfalfa in the northern two tiers of counties. The 
first report came from Lagrange County, August 26, and by 'September 2 
the webworms had eaten three-fourths of all the new alfalfa seeding in 
the county. Reports continued through the month of September, most of 
them coming in early September. 
Michigan, P.. Hut.son (September 20): The garden webworm is destroying alfalfa 
; seedings in southern Michigan. 
Oklahoma. C. E. Stiles (September IS): Has completely defoliated many of 
..the alfalfa fields throughout the central part of the 'State. Cotton in 
some instances has also been damaged and where food has been scarce, this 
pest has fed 'on a variety of plants. This is one of the worst outbreaks 
that has ever been observed in Oklahoma. 
ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Eurymus eurythe me Bdv. ) 
California. C. S. Morley (September. 3) : The butterflies were very numerous 
and in the Kern Lake, district larvae injured half-grown alfalfa to the 
extent that several hundred acres bad to be cut before maturity in order 
to stop the invasion. 
