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Texas. F. L. Thomas (June 21): Chinch bugs were abundant and injuring Sudan grass 
at Waco or. Jure 8. 
LESSEE CORN STALK BORER ( Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zell.) 
Georgia. J. M. Ingram. (June 2): The lesser corn stalk borer was found to be 
causing quite a hit of injury to sugarcane at Cairo. 
G-. H. Firor (June) : E_. lignosellus has caused commercial damage to the com 
crop of southern Georgia. ,. ... 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (June 10).: The lesser corn stalk borer occurs in injurio, 
abundance throughout Gadsden County. Late-planted corn is sustaining the most 
damage, which in some instances amounts to a complete loss. 
J. R. Watson (June 28): During'Tate May, particularly, there was heavy outbreak 
throughout all northern Florida from Marion County north and west. Damage was 
chiefly to corn, especially late-planted corn, -but cane was injured also. 
Injured corn is still breaking off with. every heavy wind. In some fields in 
Alachua County r he loss was as high as 75 per cent of the crop. Where corn was 
planted after a crop of Irish potatoes,, even although the corn was late there 
was no injury. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (June 21): We heye had a considerable outbreak of the 
lesser corn stalk borer and also the larger corn stalk borer ( Diatraea z ramb i d - 
oides Grote) from the following counties: Morgan, Sumter, Chilton, Lee, Loundes 
Clarke, Washington, Conecnm,. Covington, Geneva,' and Henry. It has be ite 
active in Southern and Central Alabama, where from 5 to 50 per cent of the crop 
is damaged, and is also reported from the Tennessee Valley. Apparently the 
corn is receiving more damage from the lesser c-orn stalk borer than the larger. 
However,, it is not unusual to have corn sent in with the larvae of both insects 
in the same plant. 
K. L. Cockerham (June 8): The lesser corn stalk bcrer was doing considerable 
damage to field peas at Delchamps, Mobile County, on June 8. Many plants were 
being killed. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (May 29): The lesser corn stalk borer occurs in many fieldi 
of corn in eastern Louisiana. 
Mississippi. C, Lyle (June 22) : Probably no insect attracted as much attention in 
Mississippi during the past month as did the lesser corn stalk borer. Severe 
injury to young com was reported, from a large number of counties in the south- 
ern half of the State. 
CORN ZAR WORM ( Hello this ob sol eta Fab.) 
New Jersey. T. J. Headlee and R. C. Burdette (June 23): The corn ear worn is very 
abundant . 
Missouri. L. Haseman (June 24): At Columbia a few corn ear worms have appeared in 
pea pods and some in tj,ps of early corn plants. 
Alabama. K. L. Cockerham (May 29): At Foley on May 29 green corn harvested for 
early shipment was very severely damaged. Fully 50 per cent of the corn was 
rejected at the packing sheds Ly 99 per cent of all ears showed 
injury. This is the heaviest damage noted in several years. The varieties 
of corn being shipped were silver mine, silver kir.g, and truckers favori 
