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CORi' ROOT V/OSJ.I ( Piabrotica longicornis Say) 
Io:7a C. IT.,.Ainslie (S eptember 7 ) : Very little injury from this pest 
has beeii observed or: reported this season, but the adults ^7e^e 
unusually numerous during the late sunxTier , feeding on sunflorrer, 
goldenrod, and other late blooming flor/ers. 
l^ebrasla ll. H. S'.7enk (august 25-September 25) : Inquiries regarding the 
destructive v;6rk of the v/e stern corn root "vorra th-at took place 
durine: the past Augast, and speciraens of the resulting injured 
com roots, vere still being sent in by the middle of Septeraoer. 
Kansas J. ^-7. HcColloch (August 25): Hore than 50 per cent of the com 
plants on a 15-acre field have gone doTm due to the injur/ oy 
the vre stern corn root —orm. 
A COHH HOOT UORI.I ( Diabrotica virgif era Lec. ) 
Cclor-'^do C. P. Gillette (SeiDtember S): Thether or not this beetle is more 
injukous in the State than it has been in gmer^ears. .e^xe 
pnrh ve'^- receiving .-nore coir.olaints of its depreacXions -uci 
:;rn ir^rS"! If'corn is grov:n for t.. or three years m suc- 
cession, the loss is, often heavy, sometimes ^-'^-^^^^^^^f 
insect is generally distributed over the agricultural area e..st 
of the foothills. 
COPmOOT APHID ( Anura-ohis cmdi-Igi^lcis Forbes) 
J. ■■, i:cGolloch (August lU): Tb.is aphid destroyed 15 :^cres of 
corn at Lebo. 
DIFFERSrTI:^ C-HA3SH0PF5P. (ijelanoplus diffe rentia li s Thos. ) 
00 N. -iv.p T^isrlpc; of 00"^ n have been strippe<^- 
from several acres ox corn ^n a i-exu u -t, 
iJthe species I^elanoolus differential is Thos. 
COKIT-FESDIli:- SY?-F:-IU3 fly f:iesogrami-:ia T^olit^i - Say) 
J. -.7. IlcColloch (September I5): The ^^^-^g^ots. of this syrph^^^^ 
have been very abmdant on corn and sorgnum m the St..te uh.s 
year. Jorty or fifty maggots can be fouad on a si.^le stem of 
Kansas 
r.ississippi 
Kansas 
sudan grass. 
T53I.HTES 
p T-^ ^ettit ^^eptenber- 27): During the last fev days samples of 
i^xchigan R. n. ,,ts have been coming in from 
Sntc^L-County. These corn stalks ;-.re standing in field 
and have been attacked, as indicatea by tne letters, ^he Te. 
nites vath the result that large cavities have been ey.cavated _ 
in S Sllkl? L this is rather an unu^al occurrence m .acni- 
