-^2- 
anr extent tHat' they were not harvested. 
Minnesota. K. A. Kirkpatrick (August 2^):/' 'Army worm's "have been. quite abun- 
dant, in several places in Hennepin County', one "farmer reporting 30 per- 
cent^ loss; on his' grain. 
Arizona. C. D. LeboH"tAu ; E ^i'---l'^ and the first 
of August in the East Verde area,-, northeast of, Pay son., ■ there was a- 
rather heavy' infestation. . " ' ' ;' 
California. A. H. Clark (July): Specimens were sent from Lcs Angeles with 
the statement that moths occurred in, thousands ~ in a .-small home garden. 
(Dot. by C. Heinrich. )■• •--—■■ •• ■■»■--•*■ '*' 
HESSIAN A FLY ( Phytophaga r destructor Say) 
General. J. R. Ho r ton (June): A hescian. fly ..survey conducted shortly before 
harvest last June indicates that .the 'fly" population has now reached its 
lowest general 'level' in all 'the yearS'/of, systematic record for the region 
comprising the States of Kansas, Missouri,., Nebraska, and Oklahoma* At 
the present time infestation is, on the average, below the 10 percent 
level in all portions of these States.-. .Maxim-am. infos tat ion in individual 
samples ranged from UO percent- downward to 2^ percent and occurred in 
the southern and east -central portions, -of Missouri,, particularly in 
Greene, Dallas, Scott,' and,. Perry Counties'. and,,, injlesscr degree, in 
Crawford, Osage, and' Sainted Genevieve Counties.,; In other. States- no 
maxima, worthy of special mention occurred.., the highest . individual-sample 
infestations being 18 "and 22 percent, in .northeastern -Kansas and south- 
eastern Nebraska, respectively. 
EUROPEAN T7HEAT STEM SAT7PLY ( Cephus pygmacus L.) 
Ohio. E. J. Udine (July): Heavy info/stations-- of the, wheat . sawfly in eastern 
Ohio. Actual damage by it was loss than usual owing, to a delayed develop- 
ment of the larvae which enabled harvesting to occur before the culms 
were severed. ,„ ., ,. . , >, r ., ..,...-.. ■■••.-,.■;.' --.-:-;■' 
CORN . , M ,,..., .,: < , ,-..-;;■■.. 
; CHINCH BUG ( Elissus leucopte rus Say) ' . •- 
Indiana. 0. Benton and W. 3.. Noble (August 13-2U) : A., survey in west-central 
Indiana covering 20 cornfields per county and 2^ stalks per field showed 
the following average infestations of combined adults and nymphs: 
Courty : Average, bugs p er . . s t alk- .- : Ma x imum bug s per st 
"J Number : Number 
alk 1/ 
Benton... .. . .: .2. . ./■,: , -75 , 
Tippecanoe...: . '2. ."..: . .. ■ .... -, 51. 
Clinton......: 1*5' : ■„• 5° 
■ Typton.v.. :..:'• ' 0. 5" : 75 
heaviest infested field. 
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