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Kansas 
Louisiana 
Maine 
New 
Hampshire 
J, W. McColloch (July 20): Adults begam to mature about 
July lk and eggs are now "being deposited. Chinch hugs 
are more ahundant than in the average year v7ith damage 
ranging from a few rows to as high as 30 acres. The 
weather has "been warm with high rainfall. Fungus and 
egg parasites are still active. 
SUGAR-SANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Fab. ) 
ST. ff« Ingram (July 20): Sugar-cane moth horers are ahundant 
in this section and are doing a large amount of damage to 
corn. In many cases they have completely destroyed the ear, 
and in some fields the tops of the stalks have broken and 
fallen as a result of the horers tunneling. 
STALK BORER (Papaiuema nitela G-uen„) 
E. M, Patch (July 21): Frederick H. Jordan from South 
Portland reports "active in garden corn." 
P. R. Lowry (July): This insect has been reported as injuring 
corn at Concord, Wilton, Gossville, and Winchester. It is 
somewhat more abundant than in an average year* 
Massachusetts E. U» Patch (July 17): 0. S. Morse writes from Medford Hillside: 
"I find them in tomato plants, rhubarb, golden glow, and 
dahlias." The sample sent was a larva of this species about 
half -grown. 
Ohio 
Indiana 
South 
Dakota 
Missouri 
T» H. Parks (July 19): This caterpillar is more abundant 
than in an average year and is still attracting attention 
as a corn pest, where it is being mistaken for the corn 
borer. Damage is scattered. 
J» J, Davis (July l6): The stalk borer has been repeatedly 
reported from all sections of the State. Reports began June 
26 and are continuing at the present time. Crops reported 
attacked are principally tomato, but also corn, wheat, and 
such flower garden plants as zinnia, Shasta daisy, rose, 
delphinium, and calendula. 
A. L. Ford and H. C, Sever in (July lU): Damage is not 
serious, but oat fields show considerable damage through 
eastern South Dakota* This insect is more abundant than 
in the average year, 
L, Haseman (July): This pest was very abundant and destructive 
a little earlier, and many complaints about it were answered. 
