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observation station, where on ■ Sept ember 20 only about 10 per cent of the flies 
had emerged. It is very likely that wheat sowing will need to be delated more 
than usually late in those western areas this fall. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September 21) : Observations regarding the abundance of 
Hessian fly at Manhattan, reveal the fact that a small early fall emergence 
gave rise to a very few flaxseedsin the volunteer wheat. A much larger 
emergence took place during the second week of September. Small larvae are 
present in the volunteer. Flaxseeds have been reported as abundant in voluntee 
wheat in south-central Kansas. 
CORN 
. CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Fab. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (September' 8): . Full grown larva taken at Bar Harbor. 
Connecticut. B. H. Walden (September 24): Corn ear worm very abundant. 
Hew Jersey. T. J. Headlee (September 5): The corn ear worm is very abundant. 
Pennsylvania. J. H. Knull (September 1): The corn ear worm is moderately abur.c'an 
in Franklin County. 
North Carolina, w. A. Thomas (September 10): Several reports have reached the 
laboratory within the past few days indicating that this insect is doing con- 
siderable damage to snap beans oy boring into pods before the beans are -ready 
for harvest. ■ • 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 20): These larvae are very abundant on sweet corn 
with almost every ear infested. A few of the worms were found feeding on 
tomato plants in a greenhouse near Cleveland. 
In.kana. J. J. Davis (September 27) : The corn ear worm was reported destructive 
to chrysanthemum buds in a greenhouse at Columbus, September 8. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (September 22): The corn ear worm has been extremely 
abundant in Illinois during September. Actual .. counts of the ears in the fiel 
in western Illinois showed 72 per cent infested. 
J. H. Bigger (September): Corn ear worms are very abundant. A surve" in 50 
fields in Morgan County shows 53 per cent of ears infested during the first 
part of September. 
::. D. Farrar (September): The corn ear worm is very abundant. Heavy flights 
of adults occurred the first two weeks of September. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 26) : The corn ear worm is very abundant, and is 
sponsible for much injury to corn, tomatoes, and dahlias. 
Ui Jhi ;an. R. Hutson (September 26): The corn car worm is very abundant. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 27) : The corn ear worm has been about as 
rious'.'this fall as last fall on the late sweet corn and pop corn and they 
vq gotten into a number of greenhouse establishments where they have proven 
very serious to chrysanthemums and roses. 
