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Missouri 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Nebraska 
Mississippi 
GENERAL 
CHINCH BUG ( Blixsus leucopterus Say) 
L. Haseican (March 18): In Missouri this pest is not threatening, 
though we may have some local trouble in the south-western part of 
the State and perhaps up along the western border next to Kansas. 
M. E. Swenk (October, November, and December/ 1924') : 'An examina- 
tion of the chinch bug situation in Thayer County. during the third 
week in November showed the bugs located for wintering in abundance 
in grass, stubble fields and to some extent in straw piles and 
cornstalks. The dry fall seems to have been quite favorable for 
the bugs . _ 
J. t, McCol loch (March 13): ; The ' chinch . bug situation is a little 
more encouraging then at this time last year. There were not 
quite as many bugs in hibernation as. a year. ago, and extreme cold 
weather resulted in a mortality of approximately 25 per cent of 
the hibernating bugs. During the warm weather of March 5 to 7 
the bugs began to emerge from hibernation and to fly to the small 
grain fields. 
GREEN BUG ( Tcxoptera graninum Eond. ) . 
M. H. Swenk (October, November, and December, 1924):' During the 
first week in November a local outbreak of ,the spring aphid or 
'green bug 1 ' occurred in a'fcw fields in Phelps Cotuity. 
The 
aphids started working in spots in the fields, destroying the 
young wheat, and . by the time they' were checked by. the arrival of 
cold weather they had destroyed a considerable amount of wheat in 
some of these fields. 
E„ U: -Earned (March 25): On March .6 H. E.. .Wedgworth sent in oat 
plants infested with the spring grain aphid, Toxoptera -gram i n um. 
from, the Branch Experiment Station at Raymond. 
G. A. Dean (March 17): I havo now received reports on the green 
bug situation from practically every district, with the exception 
of northeastern Oklahoma and the extreme western part. We are 
unable to find any live green bugs in Kansas. Mr. Kelly has just 
. returned- from southeastern Kansas , and in the- spots where there 
was some injury done last fall there are no signs of live bugs. 
Mr. Horton was unable- to- -find any live Toxoptera in southwestern 
Missouri, or any placo where- they had done considerable injury 
last fall. This place, gave., us, -mo re anxiety than any other place, 
owing to the fact that there was considerable snow on the ground 
at the time of' the low drop in temperature. Mr. Ainslie has been 
unable to find any live bugs in .Tennessee. - No live ones have 
been found in either Illinois or Indiana. Mr. Gable and Mr. Baker 
have now scouted the entire northern part of Texas, and there is 
nothing there. .- ' - - - - _• 
