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Kansas J. W. McColloch (October 13): The wheat white grub ( Phyliophaga 
ianceolata Say) is reported as abundant in sore wheat fields in 
S urn n 3 r and K i ngm an C o u nt ie s , 
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HESSIAN FLY ( Phytonbaga d estructor Say) 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (October 21): There Lave been no very notable develt 
cents in Ohio entomology the past ironth unless it ray be noted that 
an examination of the puparia of the Hessian fly at our Medina breed- 
ing station indicated that a large percentage of the insects had 
emerged early. Vfe estimate that 80 to 90 per cent of them had 
emerged by September 18, the date we put out" our emergence cag'es. 
Since very little wheat was sown until the safe-seeding dates, I 
think all Ohio will De fairly safe from the Hessian fly the coming 
year. Only fields that were seeded prior to September 15 could 
have been severely attacked this fall and the number of such seed- 
ings was very few. 
Indiana J.J. Davis (Octooer 22): The Hessian fly situation is satisfactory 
The fly-free date has been satisfactory so far as we have observed. 
Early sown wheat is noticeably more heavily infested than in 19 23. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (October 20): The first wave of the emergence of the 
fly Came practically on normal schedule. V'heat so"m September 15 
was rather heavily infested, that sown on the 20th '"'as slightly in- 
fested, and that on the 25th contained but a trace of infestation. 
These figures apply to the vicinity of Urbana. Early sown wheat, 
or that sown ten days or more before the fly-free date, seems to be 
infested quite heavily in the central section of the State, but 
very slightly infested in the Southern end where only a snail number 
of the fly could be found in the wheat stubble in August. An occa- 
sional fly is emerging at the present time, but not enough to cause 
any serious damage. 
Neoraska M. H. Swenk (September): During the month of September the rain 
fall brood of the Hessian fly was active in the fields, and reached 
its maximum, abundance a little later in the month than usual, es- 
pecially in the southern counties of Neoraska. Twenty-four coun- 
ties of southeastern Nsoraska are cooperating with the College of 
Agriculture, through the county agricultural agents and the Depart- 
ment of Entomology, in awaiting the announced fly-free date. Be- 
ginning on September 3, the State Entomologist has 'issued a series 
of bulletins indicating the progress of the emergence and disappear- 
ance of the Hessian fly, nine such bulletins having oe^n issued up 
to and including October 1. The fly-free date was announced for 
the northeasterrmost counties of Keoraska on September 28, for 
several counties south of these on September 29, for a number of 
counties along the Platte Valley westwardly on September 30, and 
for the remaining counties north of the Platte '.River as well as 
several western counties on Octooer 1. For the southernmost 
Nebraska counties the fay-free date is expected to arrive during 
the first week in October. 
