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SWSETPOTATO 
SWEETPOTATO LEAF BEETLE ( Typophorus viridjcyaneus Crotch) 
South Carolina. W. M. Upholt (April 7): About 5 percent of the stored sweet- 
potatoes at the Edisto Station have been injured by what is believed to be 
this species. 
COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.) 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy (April 13): Activity in cages at Florence was 
considerable during the first part of last week, following several un- 
usually warm nights, but cooler weather greatly reduced this activity 
later in the week. (April 18): Activity in cages still relatively light, 
but some field movement indicated by collection of a weevil outdoors on 
April 15. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer (April 19): Little activity in cages at Tifton, de- 
spite warm days; cages located in medium-dense low woods. Cold evenings 
have tended to offset warm days, and shade has prevented surface trash 
from becoming very warm. 
Florida. S. W. Walkup ('April 11): Weevils active in hibernation cages at 
Gainesville. One check showed 1 live weevil and 9 dead in 5 cages with 
forest leaves as bedding, and 5 live and 16 dead were counted in 5 cages 
with coarse grass as bedding. A second check showed 4 live weevils in 
cages with leaves, and 9 live weevils in cages containing coarse grass. 
No weevils removed from cages. 
Mississippi. E. W. Dunnam (April 25): None observed during the week at 
Stoneville, Washington County. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines, et al. (April 18): Five weevils removed during the 
week from field flight screens in Madison Parish, as compared with two in 
1941, and none in 1940. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (May 1): More weevils now active in the fields than in 
other years at this date. 
PINK 30LLW0RM ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) 
Texas. L. W. Noble (April 25): Emergence from hibernation cages at Presidio 
began on April 17, only 1 specimen being recorded for last week. During 
this week 234 moths were recovered from traps, representing 0.8 percent 
of original larvae placed in the cages. 
COTTON LEAFWORM ( Alabama argillacea Hbn.) 
Mexico. F. L. Thomas (May l): A single specimen was found on April 14 near 
Matamoros, just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Tex. This is the 
earliest date on record of the occurrence in cotton of this insect in or 
adjacent to the United States. 
COTTON FLEA HOPPER ( Psallus seriatus Reut.) 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (April 20): In Burleson County on April 19, 46 adults 
were taken on primrose in 50 sweeps of a standard net. Nymphs were pres- 
ent, and dead croton observed. 
