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T7HITE UBDBS ( Phyllopha~a spp. ) 
Sf. P. Flint (October 17): .Severe injury "by various species of 
white grubs to corn has been reported from many points in cen- 
tral and northern Illinois. 
J. W. Uc Col loch (October 1): The county agent of Cheyenne 
County, reports that white grubs have destroyed a field of 
wheat. Counts shored that there were seven grubs to the square 
foot . 
STALK BCE3R3 ( Pyraus tn spo . ) 
3. L. Chambers (September 15-Cctober lj: Lotus borer? and smart- 
weed borers, P.vrausta spp. , are very abundant in several locali- 
ties in limited smar tweed patches and lotus beds. 
CHAIS-SPCTISP SBOlSSmiH ( Cingilia catenaria Drttry) 
C. .P.. Phipps (October 6): The chain-spotted geometer appeared 
in destructive numbers about August IS, defoliating blueberry, 
sweet fern, gray birch, and many other pleats. 
1. L. Chambers (September 15-Cctober l): Thousands of moths 
were observed about the lights at Black Hiver Palls on September 
17- 'The surrounding bog land was stripped by larvae. 
I&5SB3 mC2Lfl3! QEY GEASSH0PP3E ( h.elanordu s atlanis Riley) 
•J. 77. Mc Col loch (October 20) : The lessor migratory grasshopper 
has caused some damage to f -..11 -sown wheat in western Zansas. 
Plights have been reported from Great Bend and Bighton. 
(September J>0) : These grasshoppers are reported to be present 
by the hundreds of thousands in the fluids of Palco. On Septem- 
ber 29 a big flight of grasshoppers passed over Croat Bemd. 
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?ALL rtP.LT.TCP.:: ( Lasiohygma fjrogjjrerda S. & a.) 
I". H. Sflenk (September 25-October 23): Pairing the first week in 
August an instance of the fall armyworm caterpillars attacking 
the ears of corn, and burro:7ing in the cob of the attached ears, 
•"as found in Cass County. 
77. P. Plint (October 17): Pall array.vorm larvae have been reoorted 
from several points in Gentral Illinois, injuring corn and alfalfa 
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