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flaxsceds- to cause serious concern. A considerable number of the 
flaxseeds in central Missouri are showing paras itizat ion and a great 
many others were probably destroyed by the heat. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 23): The hessian fly is at such a low 
ebb of population that no observations are being made of the safe- 
sowing date. 
BLACK GRAIN STEM SAWFLY (Trachelus tabidus F. ) 
EUROPEAN WHEAT STEM SAWFLY (Cephus pygnaeus L.) 
General. J. S. Houser, E. J. Udine, and J. S. Pinckney (August): Surveys 
nade this summer for wheat stem sawflies showed T. tabidus more or less 
abundant in wheat fields over a wide territory, including nost of Penn- 
sylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and part of eastern Ohio. The 
infestation was by far the heaviest in eastern Ohio, where it was 
alarmingly abundant in several counties. In that State infestations have 
advanced considerably farther westward since last year. Surveys in parts 
of Virginia and North Carolina showed none south of Campbell County. 
C. pygmaeus was present as usual, in western New York and was increasing 
in eastern Pennsylvania. 
CORN 
COM EAR WORM ( Heliothis ob so lota P. ) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (September 2U) : The corn ear worm has been much 
less abundant than usual, and no complaints of severe damage have been 
received. A very slight amount of it was noted in early maturing corn 
in the vicinity of Springfield. 
Connecticut. N. Turner (September 21): The second brood infested about 17 
percent of the sweet corn at Mt. Carmel farm, about 6 percent less than 
in 1935* Small larvao are still present. 
Indiana. E. V. Walter (September 18) : A heavy deposition of eggs began at 
Lafayette about August 26 and has continued to date. Nearly every corn 
ear is infested with from one to six larvae. These are in all stages of 
maturity. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (September ?.h) j Little infestation up to the first of 
September. Since that time a rather heavy flight of moths has occurred 
and in fields of late corn nearly 100 percent of the cars are infested. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (September 25): Corn ear worms are unusually abundant 
in late corn and tomatoes in the vicinities of Shelbyville, Lexington, 
and Slizabethtown. In several patches of late corn the leaves, tassels, 
and stalks are being riddled. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (September 23): The corn ear worm is strongly contesting 
with the grasshoppers for first place. The drought has made their damage 
a serious matter. 
