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being shipped into the Northern States from the Gulf region was found to 
he 40 per cent infested. During July "no re or less damage was reported' 
from the southern half of the United States east of the Rockies. By 
October this insect was observed in noticeable numbers in southern Hew 
Hampshire for the first time since 1922 and. at that time it was quite 
prevalent throughout the remainder of the New England and Middle Atlantic 
States. In the intensive truck-grwing district of Long Island it was 
causing a loss of at least one-third of the crop of sweet corn. Generally 
heavy infestations during the fall were reported westward as far as Indiana, 
Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska, 
COTTON LEAF WORM 
The cotton leaf worm (AL^brrpa er mil lace a Hbn.) was prevalent in 
practically all fields in the lower Rio Grande Valley during the last week 
in June. It was not reported from the C-ulf States until July. A very 
heavy infestation in south-central ftnd souther-stern Arizona resulted in an 
estimated loss of 50 per cent in the cotton yield. A northward flight 
of the moths started in September, By the 14th of the month the insect 
was reported from central Missouri, on the 15th in southern Illinois, by 
the 23rd of the month it had reached the District of Columbia, and the 
next day it was reported from southern Michigan and north-central New York. 
On September 25 it appeared in the Connecticut River Valley at Amherst 
and along the coast at Boston, and late in the ~onth it appeared in south- 
ern Ontario, Canada. A second flight of these moths appeared in southern 
Illinois on October 13 and 14 and later in the month the moths did serious 
damage to late strawberries, apples,' and pears in Wisconsin. 
SUGARCANE BORER 
Reports during the very early spring months indicated that the sugar- 
cane borer ( Diatraea saccharali s Fab.) had suffered heavy winter mortality 
in Louisiana. As the spring advanced the borer was found to be at a very- 
low ebb in the Everglades district of Florida, only one point, near 
Sarasota, showing heavy infestation. By the middle of August the infes- 
tation was so low in Louisiana that the general infestation was estimated 
at not over 2 per cent of the stalks infested. At that time eggs were 
scarce and parasitise, by Trickoc-ramna m.inutun Riley was very high, 
HESSIAN FLY 
"The infestations of the Eessian fly ( Phytonhaga destructor Say) 
throughout the Middle Atlantic States, including West Virginia, Virginia, 
and North Carolina, are so light as to cause no anxiety to wheat growers 
this coming season, and, except for the State of Nev York, a slight 
decrease in the amount of Hessian fly infestation has been found." 1 
1 C C. Hill, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
