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R. L. McGarr (October 21): Very numerous this week 
in one field of cotton in Oktibbeha County. Moths very 
numerous in two other fields where they had recently emerged. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and assistants (October J): Some ragging 
observed in second-growth cotton in Madison Parish. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (October 23): None appeared in Tennessee 
until about the middle of September. Owing to the dry, hot 
weather they appeared only in small patches and did no damage. 
On October 12 at Medina, Gibson County, a cotton field was 
found having fully 70-percent defoliation, but too late to 
cause any damage. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Mississippi. E. W. Dunnam, et al. (October 28 ) : Again increasing 
on the tops of plants, bracts, and stems in Washington County. 
Unusually dark in color. The species which appears to be 
the cotton aphid ( Aphis gossypii Glov.) is less numerous but 
increasing slightly on the lower leaves. 
COTTON STAINER ( Dysdercus suturellus H. S.) 
Elorida. C. S. Rude (September 30) i Becoming' abundant in most 
fields in Marion and Alachua Counties. Some damage resulting 
from crushing the nymphs in picking cotton. More abundant 
a year ago and a good deal more damage done, as it appeared 
much earlier in the season. 
A MIRID ( Creontiades femoralis Van D.) 
Arizona. W. A. Stevenson (September 23): A comparatively heavy 
infestation noted in a field of long-staple cotton at Sahuarita, 
Pima County. Insects have apparently bred up in the cotton. 
Infestation developed too late in the season to cause 
appreciable damage. 
