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CORN, 
SOUTHWEST SRlT CORN BORER ( Piatraea grandio sella Dyar) 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (August 24): A correspondent in Donley County sent a 
specimen with a report the corn crop is, damaged 75 per cent. 
LESSOR C0H1T STALK BORER ( Slasmopalpus li^nosellus Zell. ) 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (August 25): This insect reduced the corn crop by ah out 
50 per cent on very sandy land near Cisco, Eastland County. Severe injury 
was also reported from Ward. and Howard Counties. 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (October 22): The chinch bug is very abundant in some corn- 
fields. •::■•. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (October 21 ) : The weather of the fall has been highly 
favorable to the development of the second brood of chinch bugs. The rr are now 
mainly in hibernating .quarters and have increased in abundance since last year. 
An area of over one- half of the State is now. known to be seriously infested. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (October 25): Chinch bugs are showing rather heavy hibernation 
in several counties. Moderately abundant in, Lyon, Union, and Henry Counties 
and very abundant in Monroe County. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (October 21): Most 'of the chinch bugs have moved to winter 
quarters. The most severe infestation is in north-central Missouri. 
Oklahoma. C. E. Sanborn (October 21): Chinch bugs have been more generally 
abundant than they have for several years. 
C. F. Stiles (October 22 and 24): At this time Kay County is planning on an 
extensive clean-up campaign during the fall and winter months, and it is quite 
likely that several of the other counties will join them. 
SOYBE AN 
VELV3IBEAN CATERPILLAR ( Anticarsia gemmatilis flbn. ) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds and C. E. Smith (October 27). The velvetbean caterpillar 
has stripped considerable areas of soybeans around Jeanerette, but lias not 
occurred in stripping numbers in other sections. 
SORGHUM 
SORGHUM WE3W0RM ( Celama sorghiella Riley) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 20 to October 20): .A Thayer County grain dealer 
found that some ear corn he had hung up to dry was infested with larvae of the 
sorghum webworm during the second week' in October. This is the third report 
of this sort that we have load in Nebraska in the last fifteen -'ears. 
