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‘There appears to have been recently quite a serious outbreak of 
Bette @reen bug, Pentatoma sayi, in New Mexico and Texas, result- 
in considerable damage to grain. . 
Mr. C. Mason, the latest Carnegie student in applied ent tomology, 
ae recently come to us from England and has started out on his jour- 
méy Of observation over the country. Mr. Mason will visit a number ofr 
"Our field stations to learn what we are doing and how we are doing it, 
‘ to that end we wish every one to aid him in any manner p>ssible, 




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ae a. Vernon King is having his hands full at Charleston, Mo., fol— 
lowing out Horistonotus uhlerii; which we at first supposed was a spe- 
cies of Cardiophorus. This wireworm is quite distinct from other spe- 
'@ies, in that, while the latter nearly if not quite always selects the 
lower and dumper lands, this species works on the higher and drier 
“lands. It has evidently destroyed corn on such lands over a large 
area in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. 
; Mr. Luginbill, writing under date of July 3, stated that up to 
that time he had been able to find no traces of the fall army worm in 
the Vicinity of Columbia, S. C. A few days later he ran across the 
| larvae feeding on corn and crab grass in limited numbers which have 
“since developed adults. This is very evidently the first generation 
"for that point and therefore corresponds very well in date with the 
4 serious Outbreak that occured last year in the same locality. Up to 
' the present time none of the force has been able to detect its pres— 
ence tO the westward except Mr Vickery at Brownsville, Tex. Mr. 
» Vickery, writing under date of July 16, takes that the jarvae of La- 
 phygma were numerous on young corn eariy in spring but most of them 
were killed by parasites. He states that during tne last three years 
» he has always found the larvae on corn at all seasons and usually very 
mumerous. During March Mr. T. H. Parks searched carefully along the 
gulf coast from Mobile, Ala., to St. Bernard, La., without finding a 
‘trace of tre larvae of this species. During the sume period Mr. Geo. 
ve nslie found the larve attacking corn severely about both Lakeland 
pend Priando, Fla. This all bears out the conclusion drawn from last 
myeer’s cbservations, namely, that the species does not winter much 
north of central Florida and southern Texas, and that so long as it 
is controlled by its natural enemies in these localities during 
Winter and early spring, no danger is threatened the country farther 
northward. Moreover, that the trend of aiffusion during seasons of 
“norma! abundance is coastwise rather than inland. Hvidently the 
overflow of the Mississippi River has no influence in bringing about 
an invasion in tne lower Mississippi Vailer, but may greatly accent- 
uate such an invasion during years of excessive abundance, as was the 
(case last year. Recent observations by Messrs. McConnell and Gibson 
show that up to this time the pest has not appeared in the delta 
section of Mississippi. 














