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Louisiana. R. C. Gaines (July 17) : One fourth-instar larva found on a 
cotton plant at Tallulah, Madison Parish, on July l6. 
Texas. 3?. L. Thomas (July 5) • First larvae appearing in the Brazos 
bottom were found on June 29 and were two- thirds grown. (July 19): 
Beginning to appear in injurious numbers in the coastal counties 
and in several counties of central Texas, along the Brazos River. 
Control measures being applied in Nueces, Port Bend, and Brazos 
Counties. (July 26): Pound in a few additional fields in central 
Texas but little damage caused, 
C. R. Parencia and S. E. Jones (July 1): Several found during 
the week in Calhoun County but no damage observed. (July 15) : Very 
scarce in Calhoun County but present in the Robstown area. Reported 
as doing damage on the Chapman ranch. 
BOLLWORM ( Heliothis armigera Hbn.) 
South Carolina. P. P. Bondy, et al. (July 22): Numbers on cotton 
increasing in Plorence County, but very little damage, 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer, et al. (July 1): A few isolated reports of 
injury in Tift, Berrien, Cook, Lowndes, and Echols Counties. One 
report from Dawson, Terrell County, indicating severe damage in one 
field, was accompanied by specimens. 
0. I. Snapp (July 5 ): Considerable damage at Marshallville, 
central Georgia. 
Plorida. C. S. Rude and assistants (July 22): Prosent in many fields 
in Alachua, Gilchrist, Marion, Putnam, Union, and Lake Counties, 
and considerable damage done to small bolls and squares. Situation 
about the same as a year ago, and loss serious than at this time 
2 years ago. 
Mississippi. State Plant Board (July 24): Some damage reported from 
various parts of the State. 
E. W. Dunnam, et al. (July 22): Several small larvae found 
in Washington County, but no complaints received. 
R. L. McGarr , et al. (July 15 ): A fow noted in some of the 
cotton examined this week in Oktibbeha and Lowndes Counties. 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (July 19): Not threatening in northern Texas, while 
in south-central Texas injury has appeared in a few scattered 
river-bottom fields. (July 26 ): Eggs occur in fairly large numbers 
in young, succulent cotton. 
A. J. Chapman (July 8): Moths quite numerous in Presidio County. 
Only a spotted larval infestation noted in blooms. 
