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and apparently we are going to go through the season without any severe loss 
from this insect, since, the .corn is ..going into, silos and the grain has been 
cut and threshed, the season "being two weeks in advance of normal tines. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (August): The a.rnyworm is moderately abundant in Audubon 
County and very abundant in Emr.iet and Worth Counties. 
Nevada. Agr. News Service, Univ. of Nev. Agr. Ext. Div. #77-3-4, B. & A B-400 
(First lialf of August); A large outbreak of arryworms was reported west of 
Pine Valley in Eureka County in June. 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
Vermont. E. L. Bailey (August 22): The European corn borer is moderately abundant 
in the southwestern part of the State. 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (August 23): Gradually becoming more abundant through- 
out the State and causing commercial injury in New London County. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr., Weekly News Letter (August 22): The 
European corn borer is showing up in sweet corn plantings, but not to the extent 
of last year. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (August 22): Pound about two weeks ago in a snail 
patch of sweet corn in the suburbs of Racine. The entire patch was immediately 
cut and fed to live stock, and no additional specimens have been found anywhere 
despite the careful survey for several miles around. No specimens of the corn 
borer have been taken anywhere else in Wisconsin and consequently the infested 
areas in Sheboygan and Manitowoc Counties which were discovered last August 
about this time have been completely wiped out by the thorough clean-up staged 
there thi s spring. 
SOUTHERN CORN STAUC BORER ( Diatraea cranbidoides C-rote) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August 25): The southern corn stalk borer is very abun- 
dant at Norfolk. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 10): One report has been received fron Allen of the 
southern corn stalk borer injuring corn. 
LESSER CORN STALK BORER ( ElasnopaLous li-nosellus Zcll. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (Axigust 23): Corn plants injured by S. liznosellus were 
received fron Dublin on August 9. The sender indicated that these insects 
load seriously injured a field of young corn and were scattered over a field 
of old corn. 
CORN LEAP APRIL ( Aphis maidis pitch) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (August 23): The com leaf aphid is exceptionally 
abundant in Clark County. Some corn was badly damaged. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 20 to August 25) ;, During the second week in August 
some trouble developed in Colfax County cornfields due to Heavy attack by the 
corn leaf aphid. 
