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SUGARCANE BORER ( Dietraea sac char al is Eab.) 
T. E. Holloway and W. E. Haley (april 11): Larvae of the first 
instar of the sugarcane moth borer, Pi atraea saccharali 5 crambi - 
doides, were found in come abundance at Eaceland and Eouroa. A 
few larger larvae were also found. 
Lionel L. Janes, T. E. Eollbway, and ".7. E. Haley («pril IS): 
During the season of 132$ a los of lo per cent of a normal crop, 
or 3S, 352 tons of sugar, is estimated. No account is taken 
of the damage caused to cane used for sirup or damage to planted 
se ed cane . 
The following table shows the estimated loss occasioned by 
this insect for the series of years 1922-1926 and also the five- 
year average. 
Year 
acreage in erne 
used only for 
Losr caused by 
sugarcane moth 
borer in per 
cent of a nor- 
mal crop. 
loss caused 
;Oss ceusec 
by sugarcane : by sugar - 
moth oorer ,-i cane oorer 
in short '• in pounds 
tons of : of sugar. 
sugar . : 
1922 • 
241, U 33 
1923 
217,259 
1924 
162,55+0 
1925 
130,24S 
1926 
159,800 
5 -ye ax 
avera^ 
;e l94,27o 
17 
23 
13 
30 
16 
13.8 
5l,5°5 
7^.959 
13,715 
25,612 
33,352 
123,130,230 
149,300', 710 
63,429,600 
171,223,200 
76,704,000 
58,990 : 116,879,268 
W. E. Hinds (April 25): Sugarcane borer development through the 
first generation is abundant and three or four weeks ahead of the 
same stage in 1926. The growth of corn has been unusually slow 
in comparison with the growth of cane this season. Therefore the 
infestation of borers is less distinctly concentrated in corn 
but is much more apparent in the more thrifty growing plats of 
cane, particularly in some of the new varieties. 
SUGARCANE SETTLE (Euetheola rv-?iceus Lee.) 
Louisiana 
W. E. Hinds (April 23): The rough-headed corn stalk beetle, 
Euethecla ruric cr s, is reported in many localities and is doing 
serious damage to stands of sugarcane, corn, rice, and other 
crops. Apparently they do not attack soy beans as these are 
left unharmed where planted with corn which is destroyed. 
