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F I , AEMT ORM. 
About the middle cf 4*11 the first record ..as received of the 
fall armyworm (Taphy.ru, frugiperda S. & ~. ) when it was reported as in- 
jurious to young corn in Louisiana. During August it was generally pre 
valent in the SoutnMsie£|fan<f lower Mississippi Valley, damage being 
exceedingly bad in the Delta region. The first serious outbreak of tms 
insect since 1920 developed in eastern Kansas - nd Oklahoma durin t- 
ember. i or outbreaks were recorded iron Indiana, Mississippi, • 
Alabama, and during October considerable damage was done in centr 1 
Illinois, sai ter: ira.sk , and Kansas. 
ABHWOB&. 
T .o true armywonn ( Cirphis unipuncta ::■■: . ) adults were observed 
during the first week, in April "in Illinois. This is about a week earlier 
than these insects appeared last yean. During May local outbreaks were 
reported froa ports of Missouri ana Nebraska. Turin June moderate num- 
bers of these insects ere observed in Illinois and Indiana. In July 
rather heavy outbre ks developed in Iowa and South Dakota, but not so 
serious as was anticipated. 
v/IHET ORMS . 
Increasing numbers of reports of damage by wire worms (Slateridae) 
have bee.: received the pi st few years. Serious damage this year was re- 
ported from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, 
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 
..j >erta, and Vancouver Island. These insects attack a great variety of 
crops, corn, garden vegetables, and tobacco, and a report from Maine on 
the feeding of the adult beetles on fruit buds is the first record of 
these insects doing this type of injury in the East. For several years 
this met' ad of feeding nas been observed in the pacific Northwest. 
"MITE GRUBS. 
During June reports of rather severe damage by ..hite grubs 
( Phyllophaga spp..] were received from the upper C-reat Plains region, 
; pje being particularly severe in Iowa and southeastern Nebraska 
(brood A) . Rather unusual numbers of these insects were also recorded 
from British Colurnbic ij Manitoba.. In the former province they were do- 
ing considerable damage to the rjots of young fruit trees. Later in the 
season reports of damage uvere received from central cud northern Indi 
and Illinois. in .-■., ast reports of damage were received from 
parts of Kansa.3. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE. 
A very intense infestation of cor.: j the spotted cucumber beetle 
[ Diabrotica duo dec immune t .at a lab, ) occurred in the cotton belt from 
North Carolina to Louisiana, and in the corn belt in the southern part of 
