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South A* L. Ford and H. C. Severin (June 8): Charles Mix, Bon Homme, 
Dakota Douglas, and Hutchinson Counties wintered many "bugs successfully. 
Chances are good for trouble in these counties. Recent beany rains 
in this section undoubtedly have relieved the situation to some 
extent. 
Nebraska l.1 c Ho Swenk (June 15): The chinch bug began appearing about May 
20 in aba:-) dance '".in the wheat fields of southern Pawnee, Gage, and 
Jefferson Counties and in unimportant numbers in the wheat fields 
north of these counties to the Platte River. During the week 
from May 17 to May 24 there were sufficiently heavy rains in this 
region to give something of a setback to the bugs, but they are 
still very abundant in some fields. Even heavier rains occurred 
in the region farther west that was found to be more or less 
infested last fall, from Jefferson to Furnas Counties, and no 
reports of great abundance of chinch bugs in that area have been 
received this spring, 
Kansas J, W. McColloch (June lG): Owing to backward weather conditions, 
hatching has just begun in the northern half of the State. Chinch 
bugs are more abundant than in an average year and less abundant 
than last month, because of abnormal climatic conditions. Fungus, 
egg parasites, and ladybeetles are present. As many as 15 or 20 
diseased bugs to the square foot occur in small grain, and from 
10 to 15 per cent of the eggs are parasitized. 
Texas M. C. Tanquary (June 15): Chinch bugs have been reported as 
occurring in destructive numbers in Denton and Houston Counties. 
They have been noted as baapgpresent in small patched of sweet 
corn in Brazos County. 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytoohaga destructor Say) 
Iowa Fred D* Butcher (May 28): September 20 seeding is heatfily 
infested, from 80 £0 90 per cent, late seeding, after October 
5, from 30 to 50 per cent, from spring flight within a radius of 
1 to 2 miles in Mills County. (3!une $) : This pest is well 
distributed over Monroe County, and the spring injury will no 
doubt be severe. Straps are falling badly now. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk £May 15- June 15) : In spite of the dry summer and 
fall of 1922, the fall brood appeared in strength in the early- 
seeded winter wheat in some parts of eastern Nebraska, and this 
strength was greatly augmented by the heavy spring brood of 1§23, 
so that the pest is now so abundant as to cause some serious losses 
in the present crop, and form a menace for the new crop to be 
seeded this fall. Weather conditions this spring have been 
unusually favorable for the Hessian fly. The insect is well 
distributed over much of southeastern Nebraska, being locally 
