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o.dded to the list if "bat one 'bcrer. is found. Several toTmsliips 
have already "been scouted along the -.-e stern shore of Lake Michigan 
'.7ith no sign of a "borer. Isolated points in Illinois and -jestern 
Indiana have also L>een scouted -dth negative resutls, so that the 
v;e stern limits of this year's infestation have been roughly 
esta"blished. 
CORN EiQ "Omi ( Heliothis ohsoleta Fah. ) 
'J. A. Thomas (August 31)^ The corn ear v:orm is unusually a'bund- 
ant on late corn this season and is doing serious dojnage in some 
fields. One field vTas observed on the ahove date -here every ear 
shov;ed the -.-/ork of this insect. In sor^e cases the ear had "been 
almost completely severed from the stalk, causing the grain to 
fail to develop. In others, the larvae had eaten furro":s through 
the developing grain throughout the entire length of the ear. 
II. H. Sv;«nk (August 25-September 25): The third trood of the 
com ear v;orm -as a"bout normally injurious durin.~ the period 
covered "by this report. 
S0UTHE3F COM STALK BOSER ( Diatraea zeacolella D^-pr ) 
J. ',7. licColloch (September 19) : Larvae of this stalk borer have 
been received from a number of localities in the State during 
the past month. This pest is either increasing in Ka.noas or 
else farmers are finding it because of their interest in the 
European corn borer. 
LESSER COHIJ STALK BORER ( Zlasmopalpus li gnosellu s Zell . ) 
R. Earned (September 22): A correspondent at Yazoo City sent 
in on September 2, specimens of the lesser corn stalk borer -ith 
the report that these insects v/ere causing 25 per cent injury to 
his cornfield. 
STALIN BORER ( Pa-paipema nebris nitela Guen. ) 
n. :i. S'.Tenk (August 25-September 25): Specimens of the stalk 
borer coming in during the period covered by this report have all 
been pupae. Relatively very fen such specimens have been re- 
ceived since August 25. 
ARirfT/ORJ! ( CixDhi s unipunfcta Eo-i. ) 
J. J. D-vis (September 2U) : The ariTiyvrarm vas reported attacking 
corn at, Cror/n §oint on July IS. 
SPOTTED CUai.SSR BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimijunctata E^b. ) 
J. Ti'. Mc Colloch (September l): Injury to corn by this insect 
is reported from Hankato. 
