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Missouri 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
L* Eafeeman (May 23): Worms were- .-pupating iron May 15 to 
20 at Columbia. The variegated cutworm ( Lycophbtia margaritosa 
Haw.), tl'.e bronzed cutworm ( Nephelodes emmedonia Cram.), and 
A^rotis c-nigru n L. apparently were most abundant. 
K. H. Swenk (April 15 - May 15): Reports of damage by 
cutworms began to be received during the first week in May. 
One cabbage grower near .Lincoln reported serious loss of 
young transplants during the second week in May. In gardens, 
the dingy cu tw o rm (P elt i a du e en s Walk.) was a dominant species. 
( D. B. Whelan. ) 
E. E. Bryson (May 23): Cutworms were reported on May 1 
as seriously ^damaging, wheat, alfalfa, and barley at 
Scott .City and also reported doing injuries to gardens at 
Syracuse. These insects are now moderately abundant in 
most sections of the State. Owing " ; to the adverse growing 
conditions cutworm damage in the State lias been quite 
prevalent and rather generally distributed. Western Kansas 
has suffered considera.blv. 
Tennessee 
C. M. Packard (May 2): C. Benton reports much injury to 
young corn by cutworms associated with an arctiid moth out- 
break, from April 20 to 30. Tentatively identified as 
Feltia sp. ) These worms were also observed to be very 
numerous in a pota.to field, sometimes from six to nine to 
the hill, killing the young plants. Considerable cutworm 
damage to various crops has been reported in the neighborhood 
of Fayetteville. 
Oklahoma 
Mississippi 
C. F. Stiles (May 21): More damage has been reported by 
cutworms to garden and truck crops in central and western 
Oklahoma than in a long time. 
IT. L. Douglass (May 19): Cutworms (A/ rotis c-nigrum L. ) 
have been noticed on- several occasions damaging fields of 
corn, and numerous vegetables, such as beans, cabbage, tomatoes, 
etc. in north-central Mississippi. 
P. A. Smith (May 22): Cutworms have been very bad on low 
or bottom land in DeSoto, Tate, Panola, Tunica, Quitman, -and 
Marshall Counties. '„*orso along the Col&Water ri"o-r bottom. 
Damage was slacking up some last week. 
P. W. Harned (May 25): Lyco photia fcaj-garitosa has caused 
serious damago to alfalfa in Washington an ' Sunf ower 
Counties. Or May 8 J. W. Whi taker, County Jigent, Greenville, 
mailed to us nine larvae of this species, three of whj lz 
had tachinid eggs on them. He stated that they .' I rd 
eating alfalfa. On May 15 he collected more materia] f: om 
this fiald and sent in 78 specimens of L. margarito sa, a::d 
