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same place. It is also reported by Mr. G. W. Newberry to have caused 
damage in Live Oak County, about 30 miles northeast of Alice. 
It is found all the way up the Nueces River, for 40 or 50 miles above 
Corpus Ckristi. I also found it 8 miles south of Corpus Christi, on 
the coast, liosita, San Patricio, and Sharpesburg are localities within 
the infested region on the Xueces. It is found around Beeville and 
30 miles to the south of there, and is reported on good authority at La 
Parra, about halfway between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. 
Fig. 31.— Map showing the present known distribution of the cotton-boll weevil in Texas and 
Mexico (original). 
At Pearsall and at Sabinal it was reported to me as present, but 
search at the latter place and at Moore, near Pearsall, did not reveal 
either the weevil or any unmistakable sign of its work. It was said to 
be abundant in all the cotton fields around Pearsall, bnt I was unable 
to examine them. Bolls collected at Sabinal may have been attacked 
by it. Pearsall is over a hundred miles across country from San I >iego ? 
and I am told that cotton fields are scattered all through the intervening 
region. Mr. Fred. E. Stark, jr., informed me that he has known the 
insect, off and on, at San Tonias. 8 miles down the river from Browns- 
ville, for abont ten years. The Brownsville region is, therefore, doubt- 
less the first point where it appeared in Texas. At La Noria, about 14 
miles north of Brownsville, I was told that it had been known for three 
years. At La Parra, above mentioned, it appeared in 1893, so I was 
