- 3 U 3 - 
The proportion of nymphs to adults increased from about U to 7 at the 
beginning of the survey to about 5 ' cc 3 ^ *>he- end. The majority of 
the nymphs belonged to the first three insta_rs. FoxtT.il grass is abun- 
dant in sone fields and moderately infested with nymphs. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August ?U) : Chinch bugs are scarce in Kansas. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles(August 2h) : Chinch bugs have also been reported in 
damaging numbers throughout the central part of the State. The infesta- 
tion is very light on the western side of the State. 
\ CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta F. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August l6) : Many sweet corn 
growers are experiencing heavy losses in Westchester County. 
New Jersey, E. Kostal (August 25): This species is very seriously damaging 
late sweet corn in Morganville, Monmouth County, 
Maryland. L. P. Ditman (August 23) ' Corn ear worm developed earlier this 
year than usual. Injury was especially heavy on tomatoes. Infestation 
fell off during the latter part of July and first of .August, but it be- 
came severe during the past 10 days. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 26): While injury was very severe to ^early maturing 
sweet corn and to early tomatoes, its presence in mid-season corn is not 
much above average. We look for a heavy infestation in late sweet corn. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 23): The second brood has been very abundant, 
attacking corn, but the infestation in tomatoes by this brood has been 
negligible except where they adjoin cornfields. The third brood. is just 
appearing and is showing up slightly more on tomatoes than the second 
brood. 
E. V. Walter and ,C. Benton (August 13-2 , 4): > Infestations in sweet 
corn at Lafayette have been from 20 to 50 percent, with the majority of 
worms nearly full grown. Infestations in field corn averaged 10 to 20 
percent. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (August 23): To date the corn ear worm has been only 
moderately abundant, though a heavy late brood is developing. 
Missouri. L. Kaseman (August 21): While most fields of corn show heavy in- 
festation, sweet corn at Columbia is much less severely infested than, 
one might have expected from the severe infestation in the tassels of 
corn earlier and in early tomatoes. At present -very few worms are show- 
ing up in tomatoes in central Missouri. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (August 2U) : Moths are found in small numbers at trap 
lights in northern Utah. Damage to sweet corn is rather heavy in northern 
Utah. 
Nevada. G. G. Schweis (August 25): Damage to sweet corn seems to be decidedly 
less than a year ago. 
