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planters in that region. By 1894 it bad spread to a half 

 dozen counties in soutliern Texas borderius; upon the 

 Rio Grande river and the Gulf of Mexico. At this time 

 it was brought to the attention of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture; the Division of Entomol- 

 ogy commenced late during 1894 the investigation of 

 the weevil and has continued this investigation to the 

 present time. The Department of Entomology of the 

 Texas Experiment Station has also rendei'ed efQcient 

 aid in the investigation. The recent appropriation by 

 Congress has nmde it possible to concentrate upon the 

 boll-weevil problem the efforts of a large number of per- 

 sons and the weevil is now receiving more attention than 

 probably any other insect pest in the world. 



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Fig. 1. Map shoicing the distribution over Texas and Louisiana of 

 the hall weevil at intervals since its first appearance in Texas. 

 Bull. 1,5, Div. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agr.) 



