CEREAL AND FORAG-E-CROP INSECTS 
Texas 
Oklahoma 
Illinois 
Missouri 
Missouri 
Kansas 
WHEAT 
CUTV70RMS (Noctuidae) 
F* L» Thomas (March 21): 'The cutworms, especially the greasy cutworm, 
have been unusually injurious over a rather large area in south- 
central Texas. A species, samples of which have not "been received, 
has been reported as damaging wheat and oats in several counties 
in the northwestern part of the State. 
PALE "7ESTERN CUTWORM (Poros agro ti s orthogonia Morr. ) 
C. E* Sanborn (March 18): The pale western cutworm, which has been 
more or less injurious in the northwestern part of the State, es- 
pecially to wheat, is becoming more general in its appearance and 
less severe in attack. 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
J. H. Bigger (March 21): Slight infestation in fall sown wheat, 
but heavy infestation in volunteer wheat. Probably a great increase 
in infestation by the' spring brood. 
L. Haseman (March .10): With our ten-year Hessian fly experiment 
drawn to a close with last summer's harvest we are not continuing 
as an important station project the ten or a dozen experimental 
seeding plats throughout the State, and we have had little opportunit; 
of making a survey since wheat harvest. However, those records 
showed the Hessian fly at a very low ebb without any real danger of 
the pest causing harm to the coming wheat crop. (March 25): There 
is no indication that the pest will be of any importance on the 
coming wheat crop. 
CHINCH BUG- ( Blissus leucp-pterus Say) 
L. Haseman (March 10): Chinch bugs went into the winter in large 
numbers in a number of counties along the western edge of the 
State, through the north-central part of the State and along the 
east-central portion, but the unusual rainfall during the fall and 
early winter months has been very favorable for the pest. Unless 
a drought develops we are not expecting any real epidemic and in 
case of drought the destructive infestations will, we believe, be 
confined to scattered counties or two individual farms. (March 25): 
In central Missouri the bugs were scarce in winter quarters. 
J. W_ McColloch (March 21): Surveys show that the chinch bugs 
are very numerous in the grassland; and there has been little 
mortality during the winter. Migration to the wheat fields has 
occurred in some areas. On February 22, bugs were flying in southern 
Kansas. 
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