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several species are represented, 
cally ruined "by these worms. 
Many gardens have been practi- 
A. Z. Burrill (dune 10): Cutworms have not been noticeable t] 
spri. . 
R. '",. Harned (June 22): Cutworms have caused considerable dai 
in the flooded 3ection of the Delta. Some fields of cotton and 
cor:; have been replanted twice, and even three times in a few 
cases. Observations and collections by State Plant Poard in- 
spectors show that the most abundant and widely distributed 
species is the greasy cutworm, ^groti s ypsilon Rott. The yellow- 
striped armyworm or cotton boll cutworm, Progenia ornitho^alli , 
has also been found in injurious numbers, a severe outbreak of . 
the southern grass worm, or fall armyworm,' Laphy^ma fru^inerda , 
has occurred in Yazoo City, and preparations are being i.iade to 
fight the succeeding generations. Little or no parasitism was 
observed. 
WIREWORI IS (Elateridae ) 
".','. B. liabee (June 17): V.'ireworms are abundant this season, con- 
siderably more complaints having been received to date than last 
year . 
SPITTLE! INSECTS (Cercopidae) 
A. C. Burrill (llay 3-1): Gercopid nymphs, greenish stage, are 
often more than 3 per square foot •here grass is not cut, asm 
pastures ana fence rows. This is about the thickest I have ever 
noticed them at this time of the year. Probably this is because 
of the unusually •.-et season. 
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HESSIAN PLY ( Phvtonhaga destructor S 
77. ?. Flint (June 20): The Hessian fly has increased some-hat 
in the southern part of : the State, but from present information 
it has not become more abundant in the central or northern sec- 
tions. 
. :.. Swenk (May 25-June 25): The Hessian fly, probably largely 
as a result of the continued general observance by wheat growers 
of the practice of reasonably delayed sowing, has apparently not 
been able to build up an abundance productive of commercial d - 
age on the winter -.heat crop of 1926-27, now in the making. At 
least so far this spring only one instance of noticeable dama 
by this pest has been reported, t] Lng in Johnson County 
near Tecumseh. 
