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In the nearby Delata section of Mississippi the damage caused by weevils was 
much below normal. Damage was also light in southeastern Texas , but a long 
period of rainy weather during June and July was favorable for rapid multiplica- 
tion end unusually heavy damage was caused in the blacklemd area of eastern and 
central Texas. At Waco, Tex., the yield was more than doubled in many of the 
experimental plots where weevils were controlled. In the lightly infested are; 
an abundance of food late in the sea.son allowed weevils to continue increasing 
until frost and to enter hibernation in excellent conditions; hence, in most 
sections the number of weevils entering hibernation in the fall of 1940 was 
above average. (U, C. Loftin, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
U. S. D. A.) 
COTTON LEAF WORM 
'The cotton le-f worn situation in 1940 was characterized by the extremely 
slow and erratic spread of the insect and the small amount of damage it caused. 
The first leaf \\rorns of the season were found in Cameron County, Tex., near 
Brownsville, on May 2J, 1940, or about the normal time. It was reported from 
Calhoun County, in southeastern Texas, on July Jl; from Manana, Pima County, 
Ariz., on August 5> from Burleson and McLennan Counties, in central Texas, on 
August 6; and from Presidio County, in western Texas, on August 10. A separate 
invasion of moths occurred in Florida as half-grown worms were found near 
Trenton, Gilchrist County, in the north-central part of the State on June IS, 
the earliest dote recorded in nanv years. It is also of interest that the firs 
appearance of leaf worms in Florida has been reported from the vicinity of 
Trenton over a period of years. Spread from' this area was also slow. Infesta- 
tions were reported from Valdosta, Lowndes County, southern Georgia, on July 
from George County, in the Gulf coast region of Mississippi, on August 1; from 
Tallulah, Madison Parish, northeastern Louisiana, on August 15; from Washington 
County, in the Mississippi Delta, on September 28; and from Florence County, 
S. C., late in October. The leaf worn did not become sufficiently abundant to 
cause noticeable damage in any section, and for the first time in many years 
practically no control measures were necessary in 1940. (U. C. Loftin, Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
PERIODICAL CICADA 
Brood XIY of the periodical cicada occurred over much of the territory fro 
which it has been previously recorded. The old records from Illinois and Mew 
Jersey were not confirmed. Neither were several others, particularly those 
around the edge of the area of great abundance. The records for 1940 are as 
follows, the counties being underscored# 
Alabama! Ftowah , Attalla (5 mi. north); Jackson , Woodville. 
Indiana! (Southern half of State as far north as La Fayette); Brown ; Jefferson 
Madison; Lawrence ; Tippecanoe , La Fayette. 
Kentucky: Adair (entire county), Columbia, Glens Pork; Allen (entire county), 
Holland, Scottsville; Anderson (entire county), Alton, Glensboro, Lawroncebur 
Barren , Cave City, Glasgow; Boll (entire county), Frakes, Jen'son, Middlesboro 
Pineville; Boyd (entire county) , Ashland, Catlettsburg; Boyle, Danville; 
