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in Fillmore County was received the second week in October. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 22): False wireworms have caused considerable 
injury to wheat sown in dry soil. Soil conditions have been more favor- 
able for the larvae this fall than last fall. R-: ports of injury have 
been received from Phillipsy Meardo, Haskell, and Lincoln Counties. Practi- 
cally all of the. counties in the western part of the State have experienced 
some injury. 
A WHITE GRUB ( Thyllophaga "lane e Ola t a Say ) . 
Kansas. H. R. . Bryson (October 23): A report was received of injury to whect 
in Kingman County. 
Oklahoma. F. A. Fenton (October 19): Reports have been received of white grub 
infestation of wheat in Medford. The grubs are probably P. lanceolata . 
CORN 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obs.;ieta F. ) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (October 19): Unusual numbers of moths were in flight 
on September 16 on the Bar Harbor coast. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (October 26): Late-maturing corn was not as badly injured 
as in most seasons. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (October 18): None in June. Very abundant toward 
the end of the season. No damage to tomatoes. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 22): The corn ear worm is reported to be more 
abundant in southeastern Kansas than it has been far several years. The 
larvae have been numerous in sorghum heads in most localities. 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (October 10): Larvae found infesting late roasting ears, 
butter beans, okra, ctton, zinnia, and hegari at Garland in Dallas County. 
Heaviest on hegari. 
SOUTHERN CORNSTALK. BORER (Eiatraea crambidoides Grote ) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman and W. C. Nettles (October 16): Several reports of 
cornstalks falling because of work of the larvae. Such reports are seldom 
sent us. 
BEETLES (Coleoptera) 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (September 29): Sweet corn at logsn is being damaged by 
the nitidulid Glischrochilu g_ fas.eiatus Oliv. and the scarabaeid E uphoria 
inda L. One cob of corn brought in yesteraay contained nine nitidulids 
and four of the scarabaeids. 'Several- findings of this form in sweet corn 
were received during the season, beginning with the early corn crop* 
