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CRANE FLIES (Tipulidae) 
Louisiana. . B. A. Osterberger (February): Many large crane flies 
have "been in flight in the southern part of Louisiana since 
about February 11. The abundance apparently is governed by 
the temperature. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius (L. ) ) 
New York. E. P. Pelt (February 25): Generally abundant on apple 
twigs at Glen Cove, Long Island. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 23): Injury on japonica from Es- 
catawpa, Jackson County, on January U; on japonica from 
Perkinston, Stone County, on February 8; on magnolia from 
Buena Vista, Chickasaw County, on February Ik; on hedge 
from Water Valley, Yalobusha County, on February 15; and on 
azalea from Gulfport, Harrison County, on February 20. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissu s leucopterus Say) 
Indiana. C. Benton (February 9): Chinch bugs were observed 
sluggisly moving around in clumps of Andropogo n scoparius 
and in adjacent grass and plant litter near Lafayette dur- 
ing the warmest part of the day. The air temperature at 
11 a.m. was 60 r. t and the temperature in clumps where 
chinch bugs were sluggishly moving was 52° • ■ 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (February 2U): A number of chinch bug 
collections have been made during the course of the winter. 
AH show a high percentage of survival. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (February 22): Chinch bugs are on the 
increase throughout the central and northeastern part of 
the State, according to a survey completed the first of the 
year. In most of the counties surveyed there was an increase 
over the 193^ survey. The most heavily infested counties are 
Okfuskee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Lincoln. 
CORN 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nutailalis Hbn. ) 
New Jersey. J. B. Schmitt (February 26): Woodpeckers are getting 
some European corn borers, but most of them are overwintering 
nicely. 
