TOBACCO 
POTATO TUBER WORM ( Gnorimoschema operculella Zell.) 
Florida* E. S. Chamberlin (July 15 ) • ; Splitworms were observed slightly 
infesting a tobacco field in Gadsden County. 
TOBACCO BUDWORM ( Heliothis virescens E. ) ' 
Penn syl vania. B. E. Coon (July 19)'* One mature larva found on tobacco 
today at Lancaster. 
Florida. E. $. Chamberlin (July 5)* Very abundant on upper leaves of 
maturing shade-grown tobacco crop in Gadsden County. 
TOBACCO ELEA BEETLE ( Spitrix pauvula E.) 
Florida. E. S. Chamberlin (July 5) ; Unusually abundant in shade-grown 
tobacco in Gadsden County. 
TOBACCO THRIPS ( Frankliniolla fuse a Hinds) 
Florida. E. S, Chamberlin ( July 3) : More abundant and have caused more in- 
jury on shade-grown tobacco • than in the past several yeans in Gadsden 
County. Infestation checked by heavy rains late in June. 
C0TT0 17 INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.) 
South Carolina. E, E. Bondy, et al. (July 26): lumbers continue to in- 
crease and general, migration is under way in the Coastal Plains area. 
Migration began on July 15, about 2 weeks earlier than the earliest 
migration usually occurs,. Frantically all squares, of cotton in most 
fields in the imrffldiate vicinity of Florence, Florence County, were 
punctured by July 15. Infestation in all fields examined in Florence 
County was practically 100 percent, but not so high in Chesterfield 
and Dillon Counties. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer, et al. (July 12): Injury has increased consider- 
abily during tho last week in the area, of Tift, Berrien, and Turner 
Counties; numbers of adults also increasing. Eulljr half squares 
examined showed pupae at the end of the week, most of the rest in 
fallen squares being well-advanced larvae. The first brood is out, 
and the second is emerging in some numbers. In most sections damage 
is becoming very serious in untreated fields of upland cotton. In- 
festation in Turner County is reported as approaching an average of 
50 percent in such fields, some showing an infestation of as high 
as SO percent. 
