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Vier. are nore roaerous thru in many' years, 
TOBACCO THHIPS ( Er ankl i ni e 11 a fusca Hinds) 
Elorida. S'. -S. Chamberlin (May 2£>): Owing to the drought the tobacco thrips 
are increasing rapidly and damage to the nliaxLc— grown tobacco crop 
appeals imminent in Ge,dsdcn County. 
C 0 T T 0 H I H SECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthononus grandi s Boh. ) 
South Carolina. C. E. Eainwater (May 3) : Active in cages in Elorence and 
Calhoun Counties during week ended May 3» Emergence records were begun 
on May 1, a total of 3^7 being removed to date. In 1940 emergence 
records were begun on May 6, only l6 emerging during the entire month 
of May. In 1939 emergence records were begun on May 2, and through 
May 5 only 12S had emerged. 
E. E. Bondy, et al. (May 24) : Emergence from cages in Elorence 
County continued rapidly during the week ended May 24; total emergence 
was 2,335, as compared with 13 for the same period in 1940, and 5^1 
in 1939. Despite this fact, only 1 weevil has been found in cotton and 
3 caught on 1 screen trap near the woods. Dry weather is probably 
delaying emergence. 
Georgia,. P. M. Gilmer (May 17 ) ' Observed in Tift County this week in 
considerable numbers in fields nea,r .favorable hibernating quarters. 
Considerably more numerous than for some years and readily found in 
chopped— out cotton. Appearance rather sudden, since none was found 
in the same locations last week. Some bud dama,ge in a few fields on 
small cotton just out of seedling stage., (May 24): Common in some 
fields in Tift and Berrien Counties; not present in southern Lowndes 
and Echols Counties. 
Elorida. C. S. Eude (May 24): Heaviest population found in Alachua County 
in a field, where there were 40 per acre; none found in the fields 
examined in Lake County; in Marion County, population ranged from 10 
to 20 per acre. Populations reported as very heavy west of the 
Suwannee Eiver; it is claimed that 1 weevil was found to every third 
cotton plant in 1 field. 
Mississipioi. C. Lyle and assistants (May 24): Two adults found on 100 
yards of ro w on one property on May 20, and 1 adult on 100 yards of 
row in another property, both in Holmes County. Hone found on farms 
examined in 6 northwestern counties on May 20. 
E. W. Dunnam, et al. (May 10) : One weevil found in Washington 
County in small cotton on May 9» the earliest date on which a weevil 
has been found since the establishment of this station. Considerable 
scouting done today in this same locality, which is next to the woods, 
but no more weevils found. (May 24): A total of 5 weevils found 
this week on 1,700 plants examined on 3 plantations in Washington 
County, as compared to 9 found on 15O seedling cotton plants on May 27, 
1939. 
