-1 lo- 
in 3r.ld.win, Escambia, and Hale Counties, and in other counties 
destroying only corn and cotton. 
Mississippi R. 17. Horned and assistants (May): Reports of a rather seri- 
ous outbreak of the southern grassworm hive "been received from 
several counties in the southern part of the St^te, including 
George, Stone, Harrison, Jackson, and Perry. The first specimens 
received at this office- arrived on May 12 from Luce dale, George 
County, with the information that the norms were causing serious 
damage to-.grR&s ond "beginning to attack corn. A 90 per cent in- 
festation- of . the grassworm was reported in one cornfield at 
Perkinston May 14. Such serious injury was caused to young corn 
on two farms in Jackson County that it was replanted. The'uut- 
break at 'Jiggins has caused serious damage to corn, sugarcane, 
and cotton. Over 100 acres of corn were totally destroyed. In 
one field they destroyed several acres of cotton before they 
were checked with spray. One newcomer from the "est planted 
about an acre of barley. The st-nd was good until the grass- 
worm went through it, leaving bare ground' behind. The injury 
is already done. Farasitisra is quite small. I examined 100 
larvae at different parts of a field and found one larvr bear- 
ing one parasitic egg, 
17. E. 
Louisiana T. E.Holloway and/Haley (May 16): The southern grassworm 
was found on young corn in Jefferson Parish. Some of the lar- 
vae were full- "Down, One moth was seen. 
CORN BILLBUG-S ( SpLenophorus spp.) 
Florida J. R. "iTa.tson and 3. '.'.'. 3erger (May 21): Sillbugs are moder- 
ately abundant . 
Iowa C. J. Drake (May 22): Corn billbugs just received at Til- 
ton from a farmer who stated that the bugs were extremely 
abundant and destroying his corn. 
CORN LANTERN FLY ( Peregrinis ma id is Ashm.) 
Florida J. R. TJatson (Lay 22): A lantern fly, P. maidis , is doing 
dcmage to corn about Gainesville. This insect is usually very 
injurious to late-planted corn which it attacks in July, but it 
is unusual to heave an infestation so early in the season. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Euetheo la rug ic ens Lee.) 
South Carolina IvL K. Brunson (May 22): The sugarcane beetle has been dai 
aging corn at Westminster. 
Mississippi R. ",7. Harned (May 17): On April 27 county agent J. b . McBee, 
Columbus, sent specimens with the following comment: "They 
are proving very disastrous to the corn in the garden of one 
of our farmers." 
