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COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabana ar gillacea Hbn.) 
Texas. C. R. Farencia and S. E. Jones (June 10): One found on a 
farm 5 miles southwest of Port Lavaca on June 9. being the first 
observed since May 17- (June 24): Several young larvae found 
on cotton on a farm 4 miles northwest of Port Lavaca on June 22. 
COTTON FLEA HOPPER ( Psallus seriatus Rout.) 
South Carolina. F. Bendy, C. F. Rainwater, and F. F. Bibby (June 24) 
A few found in Florence County but no damage. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer, P. A. Glide, and R. T. Harwell (June 3): 
Present in the north-central area of Dooly, Berrien, Tift, Cook, 
Lowndes, and Echols Counties, but no damage being done. Apparent- 
ly more prevalent about Cordelo than west or north of the town. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 24): Reported as having done light damage 
to cotton in Holmes and Quitman Counties during the first half 
of June . 
R. L. McGarr and assistants (June 3 ) ' On the terminal buds 
of 1,400 cotton plants this week in Oktibbeha County an average 
of 0.9 adult per 100 buds was found, as compared with 3 • 2 adults 
and 0.4 nymph found in 193$ on 100 buds, from 12,000 buds in- 
spected in 43 fields. 
E. VI. Dunnan, et al. (June 2 . 4 ): In Washington County on 
3,912 seedling cotton plants, 66 nymphs were found, or I .69 
nymphs per 100 plants. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and assistants (Juno 24): In 34 fields in 
Madison Parish 26 adults were taken in 5.300 sweeps of the not. 
Oklahoma. C. E. Stiles (June 21): Recent field examinations in 
southern and eastern Oklahoma show cotton flea, hopper present in 
damaging numbers in all fields examined on black-land prairie. 
Texe-s. E. L. Thomas (May 31 ) • Numbers in cotton slowly increasing 
in southern Texas. Average infestation in central Texas well 
below danger point, although as high as ~j>0 per 100 terminals wore 
found in some fields of early planted cotton. Hatching of over- 
wintered eggs increased remarkably during the last week. (Juno 7 ) ' 
Continuing to increase in southern Texas. Found causing con- 
siderable damage in 5 fields of the Bobs town area. In other 
parts of Nuocos County and in Cadhoun County slight increases in 
population found but little injury apparent. In central Texas 
hatching of overwintered eggs decreased considerably. Total 
hatch prior to June 1 considerably below normal. In McLennan 
County examinations in 22 fields showed an average of 2 per 100 
