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K. P. Ewing, et al. (July 15 ) : In one experiment in Falls 
County this week 2,400 cotton terminals showed an average of 19*9 
eggs per 100 terminals. In 14 different fields in McLennan and 
Falls Counties 5,300 additional terminals showed an average of 
l 4.1 eggs per 100 terminals. 
C. R. Parencia and S. E. Jones (July 15 ) : Very scarce in 
Calhoun County. 
TOBACCO BUDW0RM ( Heliothis virescens F.) 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and assistants (July 8 ): A few squares in Madison 
Parish attacked hy what appears to he this species. Injury apparent- 
ly less than last year. 
PINK B0LLW0RM ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) 
Texas. A. J. Chapman (July 1): Seven, moths emerged from the hibernation 
experiment at Presidio during the week. Bloom infestation counts 
indicate the lightest infestation since records started in 1934. 
Counts in 20 fields in the Presidio Valley showed 9 to he infested. 
(July 8 ): Although average infestation of the entire valley much 
lower than last year, apparently the heaviest infestation is con- 
centrated in the Candelaria area. 
COTTON LEAF PERFORATOR ( Bucculatrix thurheriella Busck) 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (July 22): Found to he very abundant on June 10 
in a field in the Brazos River bottom, Burleson County. (Bet. hy 
A. Busck.) 
COTTON LEAF HOPPER ( p sallus seriatus Reut . ) 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy, et al. (July 22): Only a few present in the 
cotton in Florence County and doing no damage. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 24): Reports received from Marshall and 
Tallahatchie Counties, and signs of injury noted in the west-central 
counties, although infestation in general is 'very light. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (July 25 ): Damage caused in northwestern Louisiana. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (July 5)1 Increase in the northern half of the State, 
and. sono damage caused. Average infestation has more than doubled 
during the last veek in Kaufman County, nearly doubled in McLennan 
and Falls Counties, and increased on all hut 1 of 8 farms examined 
in Ellis County. In the southern half of the State control measures 
are needed on only 8 of 59 farms examined in 8 counties, Wharton 
County having the heaviest infestation in this area. Only light 
damage in the coastal bend area. (July 26) : Numbers of adults much 
less abundant in northern and central Texas the last week. Young 
flea hoppers apparently leaving fiolds about as rapidly as they mature. 
