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Among the unusual insects attacking the peach during the year may 

 be mentioned Colas pis favosa Say, which defoliated peach trees in 

 one locality in northern Georgia. Illppodamia convergens Guer, 

 and Dialrrotica 12- punctata Fab. have both been noticed eating the 

 petals of peach blossoms and also eating into the base of the blooms. 

 Apparently nothing but the relative scarcity of individuals prevented 

 serious damage l)y these two species. Ithyccrus noveboracensis 

 Forst. did considerable injury by girdling apple twigs in Gilmer, one 

 of the mountain counties. 



Throughout the apple-growing section of northern Georgia, em- 

 bracing practically all of the State north of the thirty-fourth par- 

 allel, Caipocapsa pomonella Linn, is universally distributed. The 

 ]:)revalence of this insect is doubtless largely responsible for the lack 

 of interest taken in commercial apple culture, and but few growers 

 have taken the pains to systematically coml)at it. 



Balaiiinus carya' Horn, did serious damage to pecan nuts near 

 Thomasville during 1903. While also doing considerable damage 

 during lOOi, this species did not appear to be nearly so abundant as 

 in the year previous. 



In a number of localities in extreme southern Georgia Hyphantria 

 teo-tor Harr. occurred in considerable numbers upon pecan trees. 

 From the summer generation of larva^ adult moths were reared 

 August 31. iSino.vyJon hasilare Say has been found working in the 

 trunks of young pecan trees in southern Georgia ; and at Vinings, in 

 northern Georgia, ClirysocJius auratus Fab. did much damage in a 

 small ])ecan grove l)y defoliating the trees. 



During the latter part of the summer AJahama arr/iJlacea Hbn. was 

 generally distributed and abundant over that part of the State south 

 of the thirty-second parallel, and destroyed practically all of the "" top 

 crop " of cotton. Upon late cotton the damage from this insect was 

 very pronounced. The Paris green and lime mixture wherever 

 ai)i)lied effectually checked the pest. 



Ilt'liotJiis ohsoJcta Fab., while generally distributed, was not as 

 destructive as in 11)03. An unusually large amount of injury was 

 done by this species very early in the season, the cotton squares in 

 many fields being liberally punctured during June. Only three or 

 four counties suffered excessively from this insect later in the season. 



CliaJeodermus ameus Boh. was quite destructive to young cotton 

 plants in Kandolph and Terrell counties during May. This beetle 

 makes numerous punctures in the tender buds and leaf-stems before 

 the cotton is large enough to commence squaring, these punctures 

 causing the leaves, and frequently the entire plant, to wilt and die. 

 Upon some small areas fully 50 per cent of the cotton plants were 

 killed and an average damage of 25 per cent occurred in a few fields. 

 The first ajjpearance of the beetle iji early spring is, so far as has 



