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Mississippi State Plant 3oard, Press Release (October 26): The southern 
grass worm, which was so abundant in the fall of 1930, was con- 
spicuous by its absence this year, being reported abundant in only 
one case in Attala County. 
California S. Lockwood (July 27): This noctuid larva has been responsi- 
ble for very severe damage to field and sweet corn on about 
1,000 acres in the Mission and Tia Juana valleys of San Diego 
County. Re-oorts have come to this office that seem to indicate 
that this same condition exists in parts of Los Angeles County. 
The later sweet corn will be entirely ruined and the tonnage of 
the field corn will be cut severely. It is not uncommon to find 
as high as four or five worms to one corn plant. (October 5): 
This insect has been more than normally abundant this fall. The 
trouble has extended as far north as Monterey County, where this 
worm has attacked lettuce and tomatoes. 
WEBWOEMS ( Cr ambus spp. ) 
Ohio J. S. Houser (October 5): There 7/erc very heavy catches of 
crambids in light traos throughout most of September. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (October 24): YTebworms continued to be occasion- 
ally reported. Small woms, probably of the third seasonal 
generation, were damaging lawns at Bluff ton (October 3) : and Con- 
nersvilie (October 12). The underground tubers of carrots were 
seriously eaten into by a webworm at Ft. Wayne, October 5. 
Adults have not yet been reared. 
tf. 3. Uoble (September 21): Half-grown larvae are abundant in 
greens on a golf course near Lafayette, also common in one other 
grassy area examined, but in these locations most of the larvae 
were dead; apparently killed by bacterial diseases, the hot humid 
weather during most of September having been favorable to such 
a development. Possibly these diseases mean the end of the past 
season's outbreak and may be an important reason why such out- 
breaks are so infrequent. 
Illinois W. P. Flint (October 24): Several cases of' danage in green- 
houses have been reported during the "oast two weeks. 
J. H. Bigger (October 13): Sod webworms, C. trisect us Walk., 
flew in large numbers in western Illinois during the period of 
August 20 to September 1, or after. 
Kentucky M. L. Didlakc (August 25): Specimens collected in Fayette 
County, August, have bee;- identified as C. mutacilis Clem, and 
C. teterrellus Zinck. Specimens reared in the laboratory from 
worms collected in Payette County, July 15, as C. trisectus Walk. 
and C teterrellus Zinck. 
