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MISCELLANEOUS COTTON INSECTS. 
part in the afternoon or early morning, and upon cloudy days, although a few may 
be found on the plants at noon on bright days. The beetle punctures the tender 
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cotton. (Photograph by Wilmon Newell.) 
stem, often just below a leaf, and this puncture reaches to the very center of the 
stem or occasionally to the epidermis of the opposite side. Punctures occur upon 
