L. C, Fife (May ll): Foi” the vrook ended Itoy 4 in the Brownsville area, 
1,500 squares were oxejnincd in 9 fields, shov/ing an average of 2 porcont 
punctured squares per field,' with a maxiimim of 5 percent; for the. week 
ended May dl, in- IS fields, 2,400 squares wore examined, showing an a,verage 
of 0,7 percent punctured squares per field, v/itii a, ma,xiiauEi of 4,5 percent, 
E, W, Moreland, et al, (May 25 ) J On May 23, 6 OO cotton plctuts just he-- 
ginning to square were examined in a 3“Stcre field near Mart,. Mclennan 
Countj’’, and 9 weevils found, 
A FLEA BEETLE ( Systona taonia.ta Say) 
Georgia, H, 0. Lund (May 25 ): At least 20 acres of very young cotton, 5 or 6 
inches high, at Winder severely damaged. Often 5 or 6 hcctlos can ho found 
on 1 plant. Infestations apparently very uniform over the fields involved. 
All in stuhhle last year, 
Mississippi, C, Lyle (May 25 ): -Serious damage caused to cotton in some fields 
in Wohstcr County on May 24, 
BOLLWOHM ( Holiothis armigera Hbn,) 
Texas, L, C. Fife (May 4): Considerahlc damage caused to young seedling cotton 
in Rr-ymondville and Rio Hondo, (Det, hy C. Heinrich.) 
PIM BOLLWOHM ( Pectinophora goss^npioHo- Saund, ) 
Texas, W. T. Hunt, et al, (May): Specimens collected from cotton hloons on 
May 16 at Brov/nsvillc, (May 2S); A larva collected on cotton at San;ta 
Maria-, (Both det, hy 0, Hginrich, ) 
COTTOH LEAF WOEl-d ( Alahama .argillacoa Hhn,) 
Mexico, R, L, McGarr (May 17)^ Specimens, thou^-t to he the first found this 
season, collected on cotton at Matamoros on Kay I 3 , (Dot, hy C, Heinrich,) 
SALT-MARSH CATERPILLAR ( Bstigmeno a,craea Erury) 
Texas, C. R, Parencia (Mny 11 ): Much damage done to cotton in Calhoun County 
in fields hordcred hy pasture lands. (May IS); This pest ha-s largely dis- 
appeared in Galhoun County, 
LEPIDOPTEROUS PESTS 
Texas, L. C. Fife (May 4): During the week, 5fl?5 nature green seed pods of 
Hibiscus car di ophy 1 lus were examined, most of thorn h.cing collected between 
Rio G-rande City and La.rcdo, All of tho samples inspected showed an infesta- 
tion of Hoctuelia rufofa,scialis Steph,, as high a,s SO percent in some of 
then. Of 625 buds and young pods of okra exaj:iined from 5 fields in the 
Brownsville area, some were found to he infested with Crocidosema pleheiana 
Zell, 
