106 ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



Megalopyge opercularis S. and A. was frequently sent to the office 

 last summer. Several correspondents reported great discomfort from 

 being poisoned by touching the larvse. This insect must have been 

 much more common than usual to create so much attention. 



The bee moth (Galleria mellonella L.) was bred from bee comb 

 taken from hives at Cornelia and near Atlanta. While no study has 

 been made to determine the distribution of this pest in Georgia, we 

 feel sure that it is not uncommon. 



No attempt has been made by the writer to mention all the insects 

 that have come to our attention during the year. Many are too 

 common to deserve mention. On the whole, the insects have appeared 

 in greater variety, if not in greater numbers, than in recent years. 



In reply to an inquiry, Mr. Smith (Georgia) stated that he had 

 used 15 per cent kerosene emulsion for the woolly aphis and had 

 secured good results. Thirty per cent had not injured the trees, while 

 40 per cent had caused some injury. 



A paper was read, entitled : 



OBSERVATIONS ON INSECT ENEMIES OF TOBACCO IN FLORIDA 



IN 1905. 



By W. A. Hooker, Washington, D. C. 



While engaged, during April, May, and June, 1905, at Quincy, 

 Fla., in studying the tobacco thrips (Euthrips nicotiance Hinds) a 

 and methods for its control, the writer had opportunity to observe 

 other insects affecting the tobacco crop and takes this occasion to 

 present briefly the notes made. 



THE BTJDWORMS. 



(Heliothis obsoleta Fab. and Chloridea virescens Fab.) 





Aside from the tobacco thrips the budworms are the most de- 

 structive pests with which the Florida tobacco planter has to deal. 

 The former species, the bollworm of cotton, is undoubtedly the more 

 abundant, its moths having been observed in the tobacco field more 

 commonly than those of the last named. On April 16 eggs were 

 observed on the lower surface of young tobacco plants in the seed 

 bed. As the plants get larger and after they are transplanted the 

 eggs seem to be laid largely in the tender folded center leaves upon 

 which the worms feed as they emerge. If upon hatching they are 



a The remedial treatment of the tobacco thrips has been considered in Cir- 

 cular No. 68, and a detailed account of the insect is published in Bulletin No. 

 65 of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



