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Indiana 
Illinois 
CHINCH BUG (Bl issr .s leuoopterus Say) 
J.J. Davis (September 18): Chinch bugs are now common in all 
cornfields. The second generation of bugs did very little damage 
this year, owing to the fact that egg laying for the second gener- 
ation was lata and at the time the eejgs hatched and the young bugs 
began to feed the corn was practically beyond the stage of injury, 
except in cases wnere the ougs were very abnormally abundant. There 
is an aburdance of bugs to go over the '"inter. 
V. P. Flint (September 13): Heavy rains have occurred, over most 
of th^ area infested, during the past two weeks . These rains have 
greatly retarded the development of the second-brood nymphs. Suffi- 
cient numbers have surviv-d x»:e rains, sc that there will probably 
oe more adults enterirg rioerna.tion over most of tne infested terri- 
tory than was The case in the fall of 1922. 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
A. G. Ruggles (September 29): At Brookpark, in Pine County, the 
chinch bugs seem to have become estaolished again. They did con- 
siderable damage this year to crops in that region. rr e are putting 
on a community campaign in that area this fall. 
L. Haseman (Sentem'car 12): Since the summer migration of the pest 
to corn, the situation as regards the chinch bug seems much improved 
over the State as a v-hole. The north sir. part of the State, two- 
thirds or more, has had plenty of rain, and corn has not suffered 
from this pest as we feared it would earlier. 
Nebraska U. K. Swenk (Septemoer 1-15): Reports from the Harlan County infest- 
ed area indicate that early in September practically ail of the corn- 
fields were more or less infested with the chinch bug. Practically 
the same report comes from the restricted Saline County infestation, 
also . 
Oklahoma E. E. Scholl (Septemoer 20). The chinch bug situation in the north- 
eastern part of the State is again serious this fall. Where specific 
instructions were iollc-ed last winter in the burning campaigns, bugs 
are not so numerous. A much more widely extended burning campaign 
will oe inaugurated by this Depar+ment some time in October. 
CORN EARWOBM ( Helicthis obsoleta Fab.) 
Florida J. N, Tenhet (September 20 ) : Damage is general ever Gadsden bounty. 
In many cases 10 per cent or more cf string beans are rendered un- 
marketable by the jarvae boring into tne pods. 
Wisconsin S. E. Fracker (September 15): This pest is later than usual and 
damage is slight. It has teen reported from Dane, Grant, and Wood 
Counties . 
