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Montana. The area includes the territory hounded by Glacier, Pondera, 
Teton, Cascade, Meagher, Park, Carton, Big Horn, Powder River, Custer, 
Rosehud, Musselshell, Golden Valley, Wheatland, Judith Basin, Chouteau, 
Liberty, and Toole Counties. Smaller infestations are present in 
Sanders and Lake Counties, west of the Divide. 
PALE WESTERN CUTWORM ( porosagrotis orthogonia Morr. ) 
Montana. A. L. Strand (August): Damage hy the pale western cutworm was 
more severe than in any year since 1932. The main area affected lies 
in north-central Montana in Cascade, Teton, Pondera, Toole, Liberty, 
Hill, and Chouteau Counties. 
FALL ARMYWORM ( Laphygma frugiperda S. & A. ) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (August 15) : This insect is still causing 
damage in many sections of the State. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (August 28): The fall armyworm is very abundant on 
grass at Experiment. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (July 22): The fall army.vorm has "been doing 
serious damage in the following places: Locks Creek, in Cannon County, 
on millet, sorghum, and corn; Tiptonville, in Lake County, on June 1, 
on alfalfa. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 13): The fall armyworm was moderately 
abundant near Huntsville during the last week of July. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2*4-): The southern grassworm was reported 
injuring corn at Yazoo City on July 31 a^ci. at Greenwood on August 3« 
Inspector Jack Milton reported it as causing moderately severe damage 
near Brandon. At State College it was causing sericus damage to young 
corn on August 22. 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw. ) 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 2k) • Late summer "brood outbreaks in 
counties of southern and central Kentucky — Russell, Metcalfe, Wayne, 
Cumberland, Hart, and Clinton. They have eaten crabgrass in fields of 
lespedeza and soybeans, but the legumes were not attacked. Principal 
damage was done to corn, the blades being eaten off nearly up to the 
ears. Many of the worms have eggs of tachinid fly parasite on them. 
BEET WEBWORM ( Loxostege sticticalis L.) 
Montana. A. L. Strand (August): The second generation of larvae has not 
shown up, although the flight of moths was enormous. This is the first 
year since 1932 that an outbreak of this species has occurred. 
A. L. Gibson (July 6): Range plants and weeds, including Russian- 
thistle, have been severely defoliated at Whitehall, in Jefferson 
County. This is the first record in this area. 
