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,T0r_,..\ )RM ( Harj.o:.ita. tritici Fitch) 
Illinois W. P. Flint (June 17). "Much fallen straw in wheat fields 
in the central part of the State, due to damage by this 
insect. One field showed 99 per cent infestation and many 
fields over 50:.per cent." 
PALE T7ESTFRIJ CUTWORM ( Porosagrotis orthogonia Morr.) 
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R. L. Webst3r (June 20). "Damage to corn is now vsry 
evident, though this insect seems to ho less serious this 
year than last." 
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CHINCH BUG (Blissua lsuc opt eras Say) 
R. H. Pettit (June 14). "I have just received a letter 
from County Agent at Adrian, stating that chinch "bugs are 
doing some damage right now in barley fields. This ie 
the first record of the year of chinch-bug worki. " 
J. J. Davis (June 16). "Spreading abundance of this pest 
seems to be greatest in the northern half of tho State. 
Probably no nurkod increase ovsr last year in the south- 
western corner of tho Stats." 
W. P. Flint (May 17). "Owing to lateness of bugs moving 
out of wint3r quarters and ths fact that many fields at 
that time had a heavy growth of grass, large numbers of 
eggs were deposited^ rssulting in a heavy infestation of 
young corn. Many fiolds hav3 already been seriously 
damaged. First nymphs were observed in southern Illinois 
May 27 and in contral Illinois May 29. Ths pest is in 
sufficient numbers to cause serious damage as far north 
cts Pooria and Adams Counties, 1 ' 
F. A. Fenton (June 8) . "Chinch bugs have appeared for the 
first time in about twenty years in ssvsral placos in Lee 
County." (June 12) "A wir3 from county ag3nt in Lee County 
states that twelve reports of sorious injury hav3 come in. 
I visited this County June 6 -aid found chinch bugs damaging 
corn which was not over two inches high." (June 14) "Mr. 
Butcher writ3s from Lee County to the effect that chinch 
bugs are already present in corn and that thore is going 
to be a hard fight." 
A. L. Ford and L. M. Gable (May 25). "Last year chinch 
bugs appeared in South Dakota in damaging nutnbors for the 
first time in the history of the State, Those bugs apparently 
wintered successfully and at pr3sent ax3 working in large 
numbers on tho winter grain." 
