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St. Augustine grass lawns during the fall or during the drier 
spells in late summer. 
Michigan R* H* Pettit (February 11): The chinch bug is present in small 
numbers, in the southeastern part of the State only. 
Wisconsin S. B« Fracker (February 18): Very rare, no specimens collected 
for several years. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (February 15): Present in numbers sufficient to cause 
damage in a few southwestern or southwest-central counties* 
Mississippi P. W. Harned (February 21): During the summer of 1926 the chinch 
bug appeared in injurious numbers at several places, but was not 
reported so frequently as during the two preceding summers. "Je 
have no reason to believe that this insect will be abundant during 
1927. 
Louisiana 
South 
Dako ta 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Oklahoma 
California 
W* E„ Hinds (February 17): The chinch bug is not often abundant 
enough to cause any complaint, 
H, C. Severin (February 12): The chinch bug has been reduced to 
such numbers through weather conditions that it is again negligible. 
M. H. Swenk (February 10): The chinch bug, we know, went into the 
winter in abundance in a large district in southeastern Nebraska, 
"tfe have planned to investigate to determine the approximate winter 
mortality, which we suspect may run fairly high, but as yet we 
have not been able to make the necessary survey. 
J. W„ McColloch (February 11): The chinch bug situation is rather 
alarming. More bugs went into hibernation this fall in the north- 
eastern fourth of the State than at any time in the last ten years. 
Climatic conditions have not caused any high mortality, and because 
of snows and rains it has not been possible to carry on as much 
burning as was formerly done. In view of these facts, it would 
appear that the chinch bug will be a major problem with us during 
the coming season. 
C« S. Rude (February 14): In northeastern Oklahoma chinch bugs 
can be found in the bunch grass but at present there is nothing 
to indicate that they will be more numerous than usual. Winter 
burning of waste land ^as practiced in localities where the bugs 
w ere abundant last year. 
C. E, Sanborn (February 11): The chinch bug infestation this 
year will probably be similar to that of last year. 
T. D. Urbahns (February 17): Thile recorded from California, it 
apparently does not make its appearance in the field, and I do 
