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Wisconsin E- L. Chambers (October 2£)r One of the heaviest infestations 
for many years appeared in Wisconsin this simmer, continuing to 
:• he active very late owing' to no killing frost to date. Several 
fields of pop corn and sweet .corn sievied 100 per cent infestation. 
Several rose houses and one chrysanthemum house were heavily in- 
fested in Milwaukee County. 
South Dakota • H. L. Severin (October 20): The corn ear worm was very abundant 
this year. Corn was largely a fa.ilure over South Dakota and al- 
.-. .most everywhere the ear worm was reported as abundant in the com 
produced. 
Iowa. 
Missouri 
H. E. Jaques (October 25): The corn ear worm has been the out- 
standing insect pest during October. It has been unusually abund- 
ant throughout most of the State. 
L. Haseman (October 22): The corn ear worm has continued very 
abundant and is still feeding in late com, tomatoes, and beans, 
and on foliage of slants. 
&ansa.s 
H. R. Bryson (October 24) 
abundant . 
The corn ear worm is moderately 
Mississippi 
California 
Virginia 
Connecticut 
C Lyle and. assistants (October): Rather severe damage to late 
tomatoes was reported from central and northern Mississippi . 
(Abstract, J.A.H.) 
S. lockwood (October 5): The corn ear worm has been more than 
normally abundant this fall. The trouble has extended as far 
north as Monterey County, where the 7/orm has attacked lettuce 
and tomatoes. It has also been injurious to tomatoes in Contra 
Costa County. ■ 
SOUTHERN CORN STALK BORER ( Diatraea zeacolella Dyar) 
C. R. Willey (October 23): Specimens were sent in from Zing and 
Queen County., (September* 28) There are reports that about 3 
acres of a 20-acre field were destroyed by this pest. 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER (Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
W. E. Britton (October 24): A recent survey shows a rather 
heavy infestation of stalks in East Lyme, Groton, New London, 
and Old Lyme, with lesser infestations throughout New London, 
Windham, and Middlesex, and portions of Hartford and New Haven 
Counties. The survey did not cover the other portions of the 
State. 
