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' PIPEVINE CATERPILLAR (Papilio philenor L.) .... . 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (October 19): Much more abundant than usual. 
One correspondent stated that she normally found 2 or 3 specimens each 
year on her vines, Miereas this year she had already killed more than 
150 larvae , This was the first brood "and the second was even more abun- 
r dent. .■'••.'•. 
C .S; R E A L AND F R A G E - C R P INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga de structor Say) 
Ohio.. :, T. .H. Parks (October 26): More than the usual amount of wheat was 
sowed early this fall but infestation is not serious enough to be a. 
menace. ■: ...•■-. 
Missouri. L. Has eman( October 22): While earlier indications showed hessian 
fly to be relatively scarce throughout central Missouri, we are finding 
now on volunteer wheat and on early seeded wheat indications of an appreei- 
. able Infestation. Unhctched eggs were observed today on wheat at Co.lum- 
.,' bia. ,,,, ■ ;■■ ■<■.; 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 25): Most wheat in southeastern Kansas is in 
the two-three leaf stage and is. reported by R. H. Printer to be free of 
fly. Near Buffalo, in Wilson County, in a field consisting of wheat of 
. : two rges , the older planting was heavily infested. ,. , .' . 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman and "W. C. "Nettles (October 16): Started the 
season strong but subsided during the summer. Farmers have .learned more 
about chinch bug and its control than in any other year to our knowledge. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (October ,21 H. Conditions, for second-brood bugs were 
very favorable, with dry weather during the greater part of August and 
September. As a result, large numbers ; of bugs are now. in hibernation 
quarters throughout the central part of the State.. No definite survey 
has yet been made, but casual observations indicate enough bugs to cause 
severe damage next spring, should a normal winter survival take place. 
Kansas. H.. R. Bryson (October 23): Reported as : having caused some injury 
to corn at Parsons. They were almost absent in Kansas but built up con- 
■ siderably in the season. Probably a good many will go into hibernation. 
Oklahoma* • G. F. Stiles (October 22): Chinch bugs are numerous; in grain-sorg- 
hum fields throughout the central part of the State. 
PLAINS FALSE WIREWORM ( Sleodes opaca Say) , . ■ 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (October 20): A complaint of damage in wheat fields 
