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Nebraska M, H. Swenk (June 15-July 1): There has been coons id erable comment 
concerning the rather large number of whitened heads of wheat 
destroyed by this pest in some of the eastern counties of the 
State. This has been particularly true in Saunders County, 
where a large number of fields are reported as more or less 
infested. One case of infestation in that county estimated 
50 per cent of the heads of wheat in the field whitened, but, 
as a rule, the damage is small. Lancaster and Colfax Counties 
report frequEnt but scattering infestations with this pest. 
The reports were received from June l6 to 28. 
Oregon L. P* Rockwood (June 23): Early-sown spring grain on hill 
lands in Scoggins Valley show ragged appearance and a small 
number of good heads because of injury by these insects 
combined with rust and some Hessian fly. Conservatively 
estimated, the least damage by these insects is a toll of 20 
per cent of possible heads of wheat. The acreage affected 
is probably not large. From 15 to 20 acres have been seen 
so far. Some of the injury has also been caused by Meromyga 
nigriventris . 
WHEAT J0IOTW0RM (Earmolita tritici Fitch) 
Maryland P. R. Myers (July 19): There has been an average increase of 
nearly 1 per cent in the infestation of this insect in our 
plats at Cambridge. 
Ohio T. H, Parks (July): The wheat jointworm has not danagedwheat 
in any county. Less than 1 per cent of the straws were affected 
in 30 of the J>2 counties visited on the wheat insect survey. 
The pest is not increasing. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (July l6): This pest is more abundant this year 
tlhan for a number of years, particularly in the southern half of 
the State. 
Missouri 
Ohio 
L. Haseman (June 27): Many samples of injury from jointworms 
have been received di-ring the past week. The samples coming in 
la^e been from Texas County and that part of the State. I do 
not think the insect will prove as abundant as in some years. 
(July): This pest seems unusually abundant this year. It is 
most abundant from the Missouri River south over the eastern 
half of the State. However, some severe infestations have been 
found north of the Missouri River. 
WHHL|T*-SHEATH GALL JOINTWORM ( Harmolita vaginicola Doane) 
T. K. Parks (July 19) : This pest is now present in injurious 
numbers on wheat sown very late in the eastern half of the 
State and also in the southern and southwestern counties. The 
pest is on the increase in this area. It has not been found 
in the northwestern or central western counties. 
