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subnormal temperatures have slowed up both the growth of the corn 
and of the cutworms so that the latter have continued their de- 
predations throughout the period covered "by this report. A very 
great amount of replanting has had to he done for this reason, 
this sometimes involving the greater part of large fields and un- 
doubtedly aggregating many thousands of acres of corn in the 
State as a whole. The species that have been most prominent are 
Puxoa messoria , Feltia ducervc, and IPeltia venerabilis . '.'here 
fields of alfalfa were adjacent to corn there was a considerable 
migration of cutworms from the alfalfa to the corn during the 
first 10 days in June, since rhich time there have been no com- 
plaints of further cutworm injury in the alfalfa fields. Although 
injury by cutworms to young corn has been general throughout the 
State, apparently the most severe corn cutting by these pests 
has occurred in the northeastern section of the State, that is, 
the portion lying north of the V-'-th parallel and east of the 99th 
meridian. 
Kansas J. T7. McColloch (June 20): Injury to corn by cutworms has been 
reported as follows: "Tebber , May 25; Slling, June 2; Madison, 
June o; all have replanted three times; Manhattan, June 7, has 
replanted once. 
Arkansas J. K. Gibson (June 13): Overflow worms are eating corn planted 
after overflow, ".".hen the corn sprouts they eat it. 
APPLE T*7IG BQHER ( Amphicerus bicaudatus Say; 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 25-May 25.1: Luring the first week in May, 
specimens of corn stalks that showed heavy borings by Schisto - 
cer o s hamatus were sent in fron Douglas County. Some 01 the 
beetles were found in the bnrrowings. This is the first time 
we have ever found this common beetle burrowing in cornstalks. 
5LPL CCPP MAGGOT ( Eyle-nyia cilicrura Pond.) 
Maryland 1. K. TJalrath (May 23): Several fields of corn will have to be 
replanted completely nesr Uniontown on account of this pest. 
South H. 0. Sever in (June 1): Severe damage to corn by the seed corn 
Dakota v-.ot. is reported from Garter, artesian, Hayti, and Howard. The 
season is very cool and backward. (June 5) •* There is 50 P er 
cent injury to some cornfields near Burke, Manchester , and 7/olsey. 
Nebraska M. II. Swenk (Apftil 25-I.Iay 25): The seed corn maggot has been re- 
ported as seriousl;- inju ious to planted corn in certain parts of 
Merrick County during the month of May. (l.Iay 25-June 23): The 
seed corn maggot, under the influence of the cool, wet spring .con- 
tinued to be injurious to recently planted sprouting corn, in the 
more western parts of the State during the first half of June. 
Some of these reports are from localities farther west than have 
