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Kansas 
Oklahoma 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
H. C. SiTiith (A-ug-ast 2S-September 7)' There is a heavy otifbreak 
of the fall arrayr/orn over the entire eastern h^lf of the State, 
iilfalfa, volunteer v/heat , and bent grass being attacked, and 
lavms seriously injured at Jianhattan and T/ichita. Me are yratch- 
ing the outbreak closely and expect little damage to alfalfa 
because of the abundance of grass. Tachnic parasites, from 3I 
to 60 per cent ^7ere observed. The last outbreaks rere in I9II 
and 1920. 
J. '.7. ::cColloch (September I9) : There has been a general out- 
break of the fall army'7orm in the State during the past month. 
The first report vas received on August 3I from V/ichita and nevr 
reports are still coming in. Bermuda and bent grass have been 
injured at 'Jichita, Salina, Cald^vell , Dodge City, and G-ypsura. 
DaiTiage to alfalfa -Tas reported from Allen, Woodson, Cherokee, 
Harvey, and Bourbon Counties. Corn Tvas injured at Altamont. 
• Volunteer -.vheat has been subject to attack everj-^vhere, 
(September 25 )r Hecent reports of injury by the fall array'7orm 
have been received from Cherryvale, Coffeyville, Feosho Falls, 
and '.'Mte City. 
I, 27. Caudell ( Septe-.iber 2C): In Fayne County, near Perkins, I 
found alfalfa being very decidedly injured by the larvae of 
Tjhat Dr. Dj^ar deter rdned as LaPhygma fru-'^iperda . Host of the 
larvae appeared to be about half to tv.-o-thirds gro-.m. 
X. L, Cockerham C^^ugust 29): A field of five or six acres of 
S'-'eet potatoes 'vas being severely defoliated by a caterpillar, 
rhich I think is the fall grass:7orm. 
R. W. Harned (September 22): Only t-.vo complaints have been re- 
ceived recently in regard .t-O the southern grassrrorm. One of 
these complaints r/as in regard to injury to cotton at Leland 
on tiugust 15, and the other -ras in regard to injury to corn at 
Pecan on .lUgust 27. 
TTHSAT 
Illinois 
JTebraska 
HESSIM FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
P. Flint (September I9): During the first part of September 
there rras a moderate emergence of Hessian fly. Examination of 
early so^Tn v/hec.t made on September 17, shotred a moderate nu.aber 
of eggs ne'.7ly hatched and half-grovm maggots on the plants. 
Emergence is still taking place. 
M. H. STTenk (August 25-September 25): According to a survey 
made during August, there v;as no serious or commercial damage 
^to the 1926-27 \7inter -vheat crop in Nebraska by the Hessian fly. 
In several counties, notably Cass, Colfax, Hamilton, Jefferson, 
Johnson, Otoe, and Saunders, there nere a greater or less number 
