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Utah George F. KhowLton (September 22): The green hug has been very 
scarce this year. In no place has it been found to be of economic 
importance in this State, 
PLAINS FALSE XRKBfiBBM ( Sleodes o^aca Say) 
Kansas . «?* W* McCollech (September lU): False wire^orms are destroying 
wheat as t£ast as it is planted at Ulysses, Many farmers have quit 
sowing. The ground is dry and 'the seud does not germinate, 
(September 22); Some injury is reported to germinating wheat in 
Meade County. In Stanton County severe injury has occurred to 
hundreds of acres of germinating -wheat* It has been very dry in this 
county, no .rain having; fallen for four months, 
EUROPE AM CORN ..BORER (Pyr austa nubilalis Hbn. ) 
New York E. ?• Pelt (September 2k) : The European corn borer has beem in- 
creasing in abundance in. the Schenectady area", one large planting 
of early corn on the- Scotia flats showing approximately a 99 P e *" cent 
stalk infestation and a 50 oer cent ear infestation. The field was 
in such bad condition that the owner stopped marketing the corn on 
account of its influence upon his trade. This appears to be the 
•worst infested area, the percentages being much higher than on many of 
the early fislds of corn uppn lighter soil. 
CEINCH BUG- ( Blissus leuconterus Say) 
Illinois W, P- Flint (September 20): .Although much of the central part of 
the State was heavily infested with chinch. bugs earlier in the 
season, the frequent and heavy rains during the last 20 days have 
greatly reduced their numbers. There is a small area, mainly in Bond. 
Madison, Montgomery, Macoupin, Clinton, Washington, and St. Clair 
Counties, where damage by this insect is very severe, end where the 
bugs are more numerous than has been the case at any time during the 
past several years. This area has largely escaped the recent heavy 
rains, • 
Kansas J. W« McColloch (September 25): Chinch bugs still continue to be 
abundant in the northeastern, quarter of the State e The dry, hot 
weather of the summer, however, ruined the corn and sorghum crops 
to such an extent that additional injury by the chinch bug did not 
worry the farmers very much. The present indications are that the 
chinch bugs will go into hibernation in large numbers this fall, and 
we anticipate considerable fall burning in most of the counties 
affected last summer. 
CORN EAR WORM (Heli othis oh sol eta Fab.) 
South 2» 0. Pepper (August 20): A 10-acre field of young corn in Marion 
Carolina County has been severely injured by this insect. 
Georgia Oliver I. Snapp (September l): This insect has been very destructive 
in cornfields of middle Georgia this year, especially in those 
