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Ariaona V, L. Wildermuth (June 6): Report of Diatraea, probably D. 
lineolata (although it may be zeacolella ) . received from TuciStini, 
damaging corn 33-1/3 P er cent. 
STALK BORER ( Papaipema nitela Guen. ) 
Connecticut M. F. Zappe (June 21): Very young corn, less than 3 inches 
high, is badly infested at Hamden. This borer seems ibo be more 
abundant than in an average year. 
B ILLBUGS (S-phr.no -chorus sop . ) 
J. J. Davis (June 15): Cn Juno 7 Spbenouho rus par vulus was 
reported damaging corn in low spots of field 5 miles northeast of 
Mulberry. This field was in timothy last year, (June l6): A 
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beetle, probably 3pI'^encpJ u xrus c-er 
irr about 1/2 inch long 
and of a grayish color with a faint stripe. It has a bill about 
1/4 inch long with which it punctures the young plant. It has 
destroyed about 500 acres of corn at DeMotte in the Kanbaba 
marsh land, and the proppects are that it will get that much more, 
SEED-CORN MAGGOT ( Hrlemy ia cilicrura Rond. ) 
C R. Crosby (June 8): Corn infested with Phprbia fusiceps 
was received from Cayuga County. In many cases the farmers have 
had to replant the field. 
Chas, C. Compton (May 26): The seed-corn maggot has been more 
troublesome this spring than usual in the northern part of the 
State, necessitating replanting in several cases. 
PALE-STRIPED PLEA-BEETLE (Systena taeniata Melsh.) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 15): On June lk the pale-striped flea-beetle 
was reported as practically destroying 20 acres of corn and 
moving at the present time to an adjoining field near West Point, 
10 miles southwest of LaEayette. On June 15 the same species 
was destroying 10 acres of corn at Goodland. 
Illinois W. P. Elint (June 19): Pale-striped flea -beetle larvae, var«~ 
blanda . have been very abundant throughout central and northern 
Illinois and have caused considerable damage to corn during the 
first two weeks after planting. A number of cases have bEen 
reported where the adults were all of this species. 
ALFALFA AM) CLOVER 
ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Fhvtonomus posticus Syll . ) 
Idaho Don 3. Whelan (May 2h): Larvae are quite noticeably present in 
terminal buds of alfalfa at Blackfoot and Aberdeen. Abundance is 
greater than in 1322. 
