46 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



from 15 to 20 per cent. The correspondent from Pickens county says 

 that the loss wa% one-third on low lands with late planting, and one- 

 tenth on high lands with early planting. In Florida the damage to 

 northern counties was not great, but south, in Hillsborough, the cater- 

 pillars were very destructive. More or less damage was done in Marion, 

 La Fayette, Columbia, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden, and Santa 

 Rosa, but in none was it excessive. In Georgia the worms were all over 

 the State towards the end of the season, but in no locality was great 

 damage done. They were perhaps more abundant in the southern 

 counties of Thomas, Brooks, Baker, Mitchell, and Dougherty than else- 

 where. In South Carolina they were not reported, but were found by 

 Professor Eiley, in a short stop at Columbia, September 16. 



This brings the past history of the cotton-worm down to the present 

 year. 



