REPORT OF ENTOMOLOGIST. 



W. E. Hinds. 



Prof. J. F. Duggar, 



Auburn, Alabama. 

 Sir: 



Regarding Entomological projects in IDKi, I would report 

 as follows: 



Adams Fund Projects. 



1. Rice Weevil Investigations: This project has received 

 principal attention during the past year and substantial pro- 

 gress has been made. It is planned to enibody the ])rincipal 

 results in a bulletin which may be issued within the next few 

 months. After the final study of the notes is made for this 

 publication, we can tell better whether the project will call 

 foi- further attention during the season of 1917. 



2. Arsenate of Lead Investigations: The w^ork on this pro- 

 ject during the past season has added nmch data both in the 

 field and in the laboratory. Co-operation on the chemical 

 analytical work lias been arranged with Dr. J. T. Anderson 

 of this Station. The project is not yet completed. 



Other Entomolo(;i(al Projects. 



1. Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil: The advance of this im- 

 portant cotton pest has been followed for the season 1916, and 

 it now occurs in every county in Alabama. A small area in 

 the extreme northeastern corner of the State remains unin- 

 fested as yet. Some study has been made of life history, 

 parasites, methods of stalk destruction, etc. Boll weevil work 

 has been done under Local Ex])eriment Fund. 



2. Green Plant Bug {Nezara vividala) : This pest has been 

 steadily increasing in abundance during the i)ast three years, 

 and in the southeastern counties of Alabama has become a pest 

 of extreme importance. It occurs in small numbers to the 

 northern edge of the State. It attacks a very large variety of 

 garden and field crops, and in some sections appears to be a 

 much more serious pest than is the boll weevil. Considerable 

 study has been given to this pest during the fall months of 1910 

 under Local Experiment Fund. 



