VELVETS EANS 
VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR ( Anticarsia gemmat ilis ITbn. ) 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 24): Very destructive during the last few weeks. 
Velvetheans "being injured, hut the greatest concern is occasioned "by damage 
to peanuts. Apparently most prevalent in the region extending from Gaines- 
ville north to Lake City. 
E. S. Chamberlin (August 19 )i Abundant in Gadsden County. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (August 23): The soybean caterpillar occurs in large numbers 
in small areas in southern Louisiana, near the Mississippi River. 
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' SUGARCANE 
A EROGHOPPER ( Monecphora bicincta Say) 
General. J. W. Ingram (August 5): Found in small numbers, attacking sugarcane in 
all plantings examined in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and 
Florida. Unusually abundant in the vicinity of Quincy, Flar, 
WEST- INDIAN SUGARCANE FULGORID ( Saccharosydne saccharivora Westw. ) 
Georgia, J. W. Ingram and E. K. Bynum (August 2): Found for the first time in the 
southern Georgia sirup section. Not numerous enough to cause appreciable 
damage. 
Florida. J. W. Ingram and E, K. Bynum (July 27): Scarce In southern Florida, It 
has at times caused heavy losses at Fellsmere. 
YELLOW SUGARCANE APHID (Sipha flava Forbes ) 
Georgia. J. 1/7, Ingram and E, K. Bynum (August l): Unusually abundant in the vicin- 
ity of Cairo, but not abundant elsewhere in southern Georgia. 
Florida. J. W. Ingram and E-. K. Bynum (August l): Not- found in abundance in 
Florida,- Alabama, • or Louisiana. 
SORGHUM 
SORGHUM MIDGE ( Contarinia sorghicola Coq. ) 
Georgia, T. L. Bissell (August ll); Sorghum, heads blasted at Experiment, central 
Georgia. No insects present now. 
