-UOl- 
Mississippi. &. L, Bond and assistants (Au.t^ist 2b): 
on cotton in George County on August 1, Other 
field on August 12. 
First leaf worm was found 
specimens founa in ‘oiie same 
Louisiana. C, Lyle (Au.gust 19)* 
August 15 . 
A half --grown larva was reported at Tallulah on 
I, J, Becnel (August 
Parish, on August I?., 
collected on August 20. 
Three larvae were collected at Hosston, Caddo 
Irst larvae in tFie vicinity of Ba„ton A-ouge was 
Texas, F. L, Thomas (August 6 ); First leaf worms in central Texas ’were foimd 
nearly half grown on August 6 in the hotton lands of Burleson County, 
(August 20 ): Many fields completely defoliated in the lower Eio Grande 
Valley, and fields ragged in^’Calhoun County, 
C. E. Parencia, et al. (August 3 ): One small larva found .near Port Lavaca, 
Calhoun County, on July Jl, A number of adults and small larvae observed 
on August 2 in the same field. 
K, P. T5v;ing, et al, (August ’j)'. The first larva, about half grown^found 
in McLennan County was collected on August 6 in the vicinity of Eiesel, It 
is interesting to note that the first larva was found in the same field last 
year, (August- 2U): Several found in different localities in the McLennan 
, Countj^ area- during the vreek. No injurious infestations noted, 
A, J, Chapman (Auigust I 7 )* The first specimen was found in Presidio 
County on August 9» Spotted infestations have occurred in Presidio County 
in sufficient proportions to necessitate control measures. Infestation not 
general. 
Arizona, W. A. Stevenson (August lO); The first leaf worms were found in an 
SO-acre field of short-staple cotton near M.arana, Pima County, on August 5» 
whereas in 1939 'the first larvae were found in the Santa Cruz Valley on 
August 2S, Subsequent examinations showed limited numbers of larvae present 
in a field of- long-st.o,ple cotton. All specimens were very small, probably 
in the first or second instar, , 
BOLLV/OEM ( lieliothis araigera Hbn, ) 
North Carolina and South Carolina. F. F, Boncly, et al. (August 3)j Injury to 
squares and young bolls increased during the week in Florence County, S. C., 
soma fields suffereing more from bollworm thaxi from boll weevil. This con- 
dition also prevailed in eastern North Carolina, o.ccor(’ing to observations, 
Georgia. L, w. Morgan (August I 6 ): A .few present in all fields in Lov;ndes and 
Echols Counties, but in such small numbers tliat damage is not serious. 
Florida. C, S, Eude, et al, (August 10 ) J Serious in some fields and present 
I and doing some damage in most fields in the cotton-growing area. 
! Mississippi, E, L, McGcorr, et al, (August 3)* Observed to be doing damage in a 
V Tgw fields of cotton this week in Oktibbeha and Lovnides Counties. 
