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Oklahoma. C. P. Stiles (June 22): These Vugs are quite numerous in 
scattered localities. 
R. G. Dahms (June 23): Frequent heavy rains during May and the 
first half of June destroyed many f irst-generation nynphs and re- 
duced the possibility of a serious outbreak in southwestern Oklahoma. 
Many "bugs survived and are now doing some damage to susceptible 
sorghum varieties. Most of the firs ^generation hugs have reached 
the adult stage and are laying eggs. 
PLANT BUGS (Miridae) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (June 10) J Nymphs of an unidentified mirid have heen 
received from three widely separated counties with specimens of 
injured wheat leaves. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 22): The meadow plant hug ( Mjris dplahratus 
L,) has heen reported as feeding on wheat in Adrian, Fremont, and 
Port Huron in scattered localities in the southern part of the 
State. 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (June 28): Reports from surveys in 13 counties are 
in. The infestation in these counties varies from U.3 percent for 
Madison County to 11. S percent for Pickaway County, averaging S.O 
percent. This is a slight increase over that of a year ago. No 
very serious losses occurred and a very small percentage of the 
wheat is straw "broken. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June): The hessian fly seems to "be definitely 
on the increase and has caused much wheat to lodge and a rather 
large loss in yield, especially in central Indiana. In many in- 
stances wheat is "being cut green for ensilage because grain is not 
maturing. 
C. Benton (June 20): On May 28 the first "brood had practically 
completed pupation at Delphi, Carroll County, northwest of the center 
of the State. The first pupa of the first supplementary brood was 
lound, the adults emerging early in June. The heaviest' egg deposi- 
tion occurred near June U, although a few eggs were found'throup-h 
June 16. The majority of the larvae of the supplementary brood'were 
m the half, and full-grown stages on June l6, a few small Larvae and 
puparia oeing present. About H5 percent of the fly forms present 
in the wheat on June 20 represented the supplementary brood, which 
has caused very little commercial damage. The infestation in culms 
will add neterially to the populations in many fields, and will be 
a potential menace to early sown wheat this fall. Reports of damare 
" ^nJT 1V f fr °? Vari ° US Parts 0f the State . specially the west- ~ 
central and northwestern parts. The amounts of damage reported and 
severT ^dividual fields vary from slight to occasionally 
