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COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Antho norms gr r.ndi s Boh.) 
Georgia# T. L. Bissell (February 20); Eleven live weevils found In cotton 
seed in December 1940, and January 1941, at the Experiment Station. Each 
one was inside a seed, which had been hollowed out and the contents con- 
sumed hy the grub. Larval skin found in several seeds. A twelfth seed 
contained a parasite cocoon.- Seeds seemed to have developed to normal 
size and were covered with a normal amount of lint, indicating that the 
seed must have "been well grown when it was attacked hy the weevil grub, 
Bound in cotton seed rather commonly, even from holls selected for good 
growth. 
Florida.. C. S. Hude (February l)i Tota.l of IS active holl weevils observed 
in the hibernation cages at McIntosh during week ended February 1. One 
live weevil was observed in the cages at Fruitland Fa.rk late last week, 
(February 13 )l Eleven active weevils observed in the hibernation cages 
at McIntosh on February 13. 
PINK BOLLWOFiM ( Pectinophora gossypiella ' Saund.) 
Texas, A. J. Chapman (January 18): Very light overwintering population found 
in the surface debris collected from representative fields in Presidio 
County. Populrtion in the individual fields ranged from 0 to 3 larvae per 
square yard, the 17 fields averaging 0.46 larva per square yard. (January 
25 ) '• Ten square yards of surface trash wa.s collected from each of 27 
representative field? in the Presidio Valley, selected to determine the 
number of larvae overwintering in this environment. Average number of 
larvae per square yard in the individual fields ranged from 0 to 3*0, the 
27 fields averaging 0.33* Examination showed that approximately l6 per- 
cent of the worms were in bolls and locks of cotton, and S>4‘ percent in 
leaf trash and squares# 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
CANKERNORMS (Geometridae) 
New York. E. P. Felt (February 20): Moths, probably Alsophila pometaria Harr., 
reported as locally abundant in Westbury, Long Island, and vicinity# 
Illinois. W. P, Flint (February 26)1 Examination# made late in fall showed 
overwintered pupae in soil in good condition, with little indication of 
parasitization. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (February 22) i Male moths seen on wing for first time on 
February Ilyin southwest Missouri. Few male moths observed on February 12 
between Kansas City and St. Joseph. Reported that first moth'was taken on 
bands at Columbia on February l6. 
