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Mississippi 
Louisiana 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
T. E. Holloway and '.V. E. Haley (September 27): The -Titers 
have just made a hasty survey of the Gulf coast of Mississippi 
and have failed to find the sugarcane borer in the small and 
widely separated plantings of sugarcane. The slight damage to 
sugarcane which was observed was attributed to native pests. 
SUGARCANE MEALYBUG ( Trionymus boninsis Kuw.) 
T.E. Holloway and W. E. Haley (October 9): Limited obser- 
vations indicate that the sugarcane mealybug has b^en abundant 
on some of the areas of sugar plantations, but that it has been 
largely controlled by the green fungus, Aspergillus sp. 
Rhode Island 
Kentucky 
Ohio 
Missouri 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE IN SECTS 
LEOPARD MOTH ( Zeuzera pyrina L.) 
A. E. Stene (October 21): The leopard moth has been reported 
oftener this year than at any time since it reached the State. 
TWIG GIRDLER ( Oncideres cin^ulatus S a y) 
v7. A. Price (October 18): Doing considerable damage in Ohio, 
Nelson, and Hardin Counties. 
vVALKINGSTICKS (Phasmidae) 
T. H. Parks (October 1): An outbreak of some species in 
Ross County was reported to this office by our State Farmers' 
Institute supervisor* It had practically defoliated some trees, 
L. Haseman (October 26): During the fore part of the month 
walkings ticks were moderately abundant in young orchards and 
on forest trees in central Missouri. 
Iowa 
BOXELDER 
BOXELDER BUG (Le_p_tocpris trivittatus Say) 
C. N. Ainslie (October 8): As a climax to a gradual and 
steady increase for several years the boxelder bug has become 
a real nuisance in the Sioux City district this fall. The pests 
mass on trees in many localities and are becoming a decided nui- 
sance to housewives because of their habit of swarming into 
houses as the outside air becomes colder. 
