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found in Geary County where, on March 18, larvae were found to have 
wintered in good condition. On March 18,66 percent had pupated, 
about 2 weeks earlier than usual. Although it is possible for a 
second spring "brood to build up a strong, infestation, only light, 
spotted infestations are indicated at this time. 
WHEAT WHITE GRUB ( Phyj l ophaga lanceolata Say) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 29): P. lanceolata has been destructive in 
a number of counties in the State. The population apparently has 
been building up during the last few years. The area of damage has 
gradually extended northward. The northernmost limit of injury 
occurred at Glasco, Cloud County, on March 25. E. G. Kelly estimates 
that approximately U00,000 acres of wheat has been devastated. Most 
of this injury has been on land that has been cropped continuously 
to wheat for 4 or 5 years. The area most affected lies in the south- 
central part of the State, the maximum amount of injury being in 
Harper County. 
Oklahoma. R. G. Dahms (March 26): This pest is very abundant in some 
wheatfields. In a heavily infested field in Comanche County, in 
southwestern Oklahoma, an average of 25 grubs per square yard were 
found. The weather has been so favorable for wheat growth that very 
little wheat has been killed by the grubs in the last 2 or 3 weeks. 
G. A. Bieberdorf (March 26): In the wheat-growing sections the 
wheat white grub has been doing .considerable damage during the past 
winter. The heaviest damage appears to be in Grant, Alfalfa, .and Kay 
Counties, on the northern border in the central part of the State. 
E. A. Fenton (March 28): The recent favorable weather for wheat 
growth has stopped the damage by P. lanceolata . inasmuch as the wheat 
plants have now developed root systems large enough to withstand con- 
siderable injury. 
Arizona. E. E. Russell (March 28): Since March 17, with mean temperature 
at 57.2° E. , Say's stinkbug ( Chlorochroa sayi Stal ) has occurred in 
greater numbers than common on mature wild mustard ( Sisymbr ium irio ) 
which has been permitted to grow as a cover crop among young citrus 
in the Citrus Belt east of Mesa. When first observed these bugs were 
uniformly dark olive green in color, indicating that they had recent- 
ly emerged from winter quarters. Egg development in the ovaries of 
the females when first observed was scant, but at present are nearly 
fully developed. Little, if any, oviposition has occurred in the 
field. Considerable gregariousness has been observed, particularly 
on the sunny side of clumps of heavy mustard with south and east ex- 
posure, where from 15 to 30 bugs have frequently been collected by 
striking the opposite side of the mustard clump over a standard sweep- 
ing bag. An average of 0.lU6 bug per sweep has been taken by 
