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up the trees at night and defoliate the branches and twigs 
on the inside of the trees. ' Marry trees have the upper limbs 
also defoliated. . (May 24): Cutworms are now quite serious 
in. some corn and tobacco plantings in southwestern Ohio. 
They are much more abundant than last spring. 
■ :J. J. Davis (May .26): Cutworms are common throughout the 
State and attacking all kinds of vegetation. They are 
apparently more abundant than for several seasons. 
W. P. -Flint (May 19): The gristly cutworm ( Polia renigera 
Steph. )■■ has been sent from a number of localities in Illinois, 
Judging by the specimens sent in this is the predominating 
species in the State this spring. 
C. C. Compton (May 18) J Cutworms are appearing in the 
Cook County trucking area in moderate numbers. 
W. A. Price (May 25): Cutworms are very abundant on 
tobacco in beds, garden crops, and corn in central and 
western. Kentucky this season. The clay-backed species 
( gelt la gladiaria Morr. ) was especially abundant. 
R. H. Pcttit (May 2 5): Cutworms are very abundant. 
E. L. Chambers (May 26): Many reports of cutworm, injury 
are coming into the office from the southern portion of the 
state. 
Minnesota 
North Dakota 
Iowa 
A. G. Buggies and assistants (May): Cutworms were reported 
generally below normal in numbers throughout the greater part 
of the State. Plow ever, unurmal abundance was reported from 
Murray, ITobles, and Blue Earth Counties. (Abstract, J. A. H. ) 
J. A. Munro (May 22): The army cutworm ( Chori z agrotis 
aux Llia ris G-rote) has been reported ~oy county agents and 
farmers as very abundant in Golden Valley, Stark, and 
Bowman Counties. The pest is not so abundant in Hettinger, 
Morton, Burleigh, Wells, Kidder, LaMoure, and Dickey 
but in all counties lias caused injury to such crops as 
rye, alfalfa, sweet clover, and March- sown wheat. 
C. J. Drake (May 8): Cutworms are present in a large number 
of alfalfa and clover fields this spring. They seem to be 
doing a considerable amou.nt of damage. 
H. E. Jaqu.es (May 25): Cutworms are very abundant in the 
southeastern part of the State, and generally moderately 
abundant over the remainder of the State. 
