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"'/ELVETBEAIT CATSPJPILIulR ( Anticgjrsia gennatilis Hbn, ) 
North Carolina, 'C, S, Brinley (Septenher IS): Completely defoliating soy- 
beans on Coastal Plain Espcrinent Sta.tion Test Parm at Nillard, Pender 
County. 
B, 3, Pulton (September 23)* Numerous fields at Swanquarter, Hyde 
County, li<avo been severely damaged and the fields are entirely de- 
foliated, or nearly so. 
South Ca.rolina. 'W. C, Nettles (September 24): Cg,used considerable damage to 
legumes throughout the coastaA section, 
P. P. Bondy, et al, (September 13)i Causing much alarm in the ea.stern, 
central, ajid southern parts of the Sta.te, Considerable treatment has 
been reported from Calhoun and Orangeburg Counties, 
Alabama, J. H. Hobinson (September 3)* Caused damage to soybeans a-t 
Auburn and Prattville, 
Plorida,, «J. H, Natsan (September 22): Adults have been swarming to lights 
by the thousands, Lanvao ha.ve pretty well ragged velvetbeans and soy- 
beans and stripped the lea,ves from many fields of peanuts, A fungous 
disease appeared the first v;eek in September and largely sv/ept off 
the caterpillars, Baptisia. Indigo f era hirsuta is a nov; host plant, 
Mississippi, C, Lyle, et al, (SeT^tember 24): Laziaged soybeans and velvet- 
beans in the Gulfport anea, and soybeans in Clay, Porrest, Jones, 
Oktibbeha, Perry, and Stone Counties, 
Louisiana. C, 0, Eddy (September 25): Soybeans were defoliated throughout 
practically all of Louisiana diuring the eanly part of ' September , follow- 
ing a period of spotted destru-Ction in Augast, 
KUBZU 
LESSER CORNST/iLH BORER ( Elasmopalpus lig-iosellus Zell.) 
Georgia, T, L, Bissoll (September 3)* Larvan are killing seedling kudzu 
plants in a nursen/" planting at Soperton, in southeastern G-oorgia, 
SORC-EUIi 
SORGHUM ^'^EBWORM ( Celama sorghiella Riley) 
South Carolina. N, C. Nettles (September 2^) : Damage noted in Allendale 
County, in the coastal section. 
Texas, W. C, Maxi/;ell (September 22): Some damage is being done to the late 
crop of grain sorghum in Nueces Co'onty, although inf cs'ta-tion is not so 
heaver as on the early crop. 
