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CLaY-BaCKED CUTUCRM (Eeltia glad.iaria Morr. ) 
Mississippi R« U. Harned (April 2): Specirrens of cutworms collected from 
tomatoes at Durant have been identified "by Mr. S. E. Crumb 
of the Bureau of Entomology, GlarksviHe, Tenn. , as this 
species. The same species was also collected near English- 
pea plants at Holly Springs, Miss. Although complaints in 
regard to cutworms have "been received from many places through- 
out the State, especially from Copiah County, the specimens 
mentioned above are the only ones we have so far received. 
Louisiana TV: E. Hinds (April 2k) : Cut worms have been unusually abundant 
and injurious to garden crops and to strawberries particularly. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 25): Cut-orms were found actively working 
in the soil in fields being plowed on April 17 in Boone County. 
Oregon B. G. Thompson (March 2k): Eggs of the variegated cutworm, 
Ly copilot ia mar^aritosa Haw., were observed in a field at 
Corvallis on March 12. Eggs hatched on March 2k, Nearly full 
grown larvae were numerous. A few adults were observed as early 
as March 1. 
CEREAL A N D EORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
jgHEAT 
CHINCH BUG (Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Illinois 17. P. Elir.t (April 20): The weather has not been sufficiently 
warm to cause a general flight of chinch bugs from hibernation 
even in the south- central part of the State. Bugs have heen 
active in hibernating quarters and very few observed flying 
on March 19- 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 25): The chinch hugs prove to have wintered 
with comparatively slight mortality over southeastern Nebraska, 
and by the middle of April were becoming active in large 
numbers in their hibernating retreats. 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (April 19): Chinch bugs were flying in large 
numbers on April 17. This s the first marked flight of the 
year although some bugs have been moving since the middle of 
: March. 
GREEN BUG ( Toxootera graminum Rona. ) 
Oklahoma C. E. Sanborn (April 1): Green bugs have been prevalent all 
winter "but no serious outbreak has or will occur, a heavy 
snowstorm recently prevailing throughout the State may aid them 
some from the standpoint of propagation by preventing Inimical 
insect control, but I consider iz most too late for the green 
bug to do much damage. 
