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WHEAT JOINTWORM ( Rarraolita tritlci Fitch) 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (June 2H) : This pest has >een extremely abundant. 
Unusual numbers of complaints have come from the southwestern part 
of the State, and at Columbia it is more abundant than usual. 
CORN 
CORN EAR WORM (Heliothis obsoleta P. ) 
New York. L. A. Carruth (June 2U): On June 23 the first eggs to be 
found on Long Island on corn were observed in two fields between 
Hempstead and Valley Stream. The silks were just beginning to 
appear and those examined were 18 and 6 percent infested with 
newly laid eggs. In view of the unfavorable weather of the last 
month this is considered to be an early infestation, although in 
1937 the first infestations were found slightly earlier. Pupae 
from field diggings in May are alive but have not yet emerged. 
Illinois. R. A. Blanchard, A. P. Satterthwait and J. M. Magner (June 
2U): Early market corn growing near East St. Louis had up to 35 
percent of the ears infested on June 22, with s evere damage in at 
least one early planting. An occasional egQ was found in the 
vicinity of Urbana, in central Illinois, by June l6. This seems 
to be rather early for the insect to appear this far north. Last 
season the earliest record was June 27» 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (June 23): This insect w as abundant on early 
sweet corn at Lexington on June 23« 
Missouri, R. A. Blanchard, A. P. Satterthwait, J. M, Magner (June 2U): 
Early planted corn in southern Missouri showed a? high as 20 per- 
cent bud damage on June 8. Eggs were observed in considerable 
numbers near East Prairie on May 2^. 
Nebraska. D. B. Whelan (June 22): Half-grown larvae were found on 
columbine on June 2 at Lincoln. 
Kansas. J. R. Hoirton (June 21): Moths began to emerge in tne field 
cages at Wichita on June 3» and have continued intermittently up 
to June 17. This marks the first successful emergence of over- 
wintered material in the cages. First eggs of the season were 
found on corn near the cages on June l6, one or more to every 
plant. 
Oklahoma and Texas. E. V. Walter (June 20): From 100 to 500 stalks of 
corn were examined at intervals of about 10 miles between Dallas, 
Tex., and Muskogee, Okla. , on June 1, and at intervals of about 5 
miles between Muskogee and Joplin, Mo., on June 2. Infestations 
were about 50 percent at Kiowa and 2 percent at Muskogee, Okla. 
The farthest north that infestation could be determined w as in a 
field near Pryor, Okla., where 3 stalks out of 300 examined showed 
feeding by first- or second-ins tar larvae. Larvae found in tops of 
every stalk examined near Dallas. 
