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Oklahoma _ 
C. E. Sanborn (April 28): 
abundant . 
?he chinch bug is moderately 
Mississippi 
South Carolina 
Florida 
Missouri 
R. W. Harned (May 25): Although no complaints have been 
received in regard to damage caused by chinch bugs, a 
number of corn plants brought to this office from Attala 
County, because they were badly infested with larvae of 
Diabrotica 12- punctata Fab. , load on them so many chinch 
bugs, that it is apparent that these insects are unusually 
abundant in the field from which the corn plants came. 
QOXKMR WORM ( Helioth is chsoleta Fab-.) 
P. Z. Harrison (May 22): The first larvae this season 
were found injuring buds and tassels of corn on the 
laboratory grounds at Fairfax. 
J. R. Watson (May 21): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant. It is beginning to be noticeable on tomatoes and 
corn, especially to the south. 
L. Haseman (May 23): The overwintering pupae of the 
corn ear worm -show that but a small percentage will probably 
produce moths. 
Alabama 
J. M. Robinson (May 25) 
abundant at Auburn. 
The corn ear worms are moderately 
Louisiana W. E. Hinds (May 25): The corn ear worms are moderately 
abundant in early planted corn and there are some in 
tomatoes. 
AN ARCTIID MOTH ( Apantesis phalerata Earr. ) 
Tennessee C. Benton through C. M, Packard . (May 2): An outbreak 
in south-central Tennessee the latter part of April of 
what is possibly Apantes is phal e rata . "larr. occurred, 
larvae sent to Washington for identification. Hot yet 
reared. • Hairy caterpillars were eating the portion of 
young corn which was above the ground. Reports were 
received from all of Lincoln County and parts of 
Moore and Bedford Counties... -^.Probably of general 
occurrence throughout this part of Tennessee. Lincoln 
County agent estimates that ouc ,of an annual total of 
CO, 000 acres of co-n .'500 acres are completely destroyed 
or so seriously injured as to necessitate replanting. 
Injury to grass lots and pastures lias also been reported. 
One pasture near Fayetteville showed 12 out of 15 acres 
of hillside pasture completely stripped of all grass, 
clover, and weeds. Larvae also were observed feeding' on 
tobacco plants in seed-bed which they had invaded from 
devastated cornfields. The first pupae in the field was 
