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or a total of 93.6 per 100 tails, a slight .reluct ion.. from the infestation in 
young cotton last week, the average then being 119*9 per ,100 buds. 
(August 26): Belov; the damage point in practically all fields of late- 
planted cotton in McLennan, Falls, and Limestone Counties. Average in- 
festation in the check plots of two experiments located in late-planted 
cotton was 11.3 and 18.3 flea hoppers per 100 buds, respectively. This is 
a reduction from an average of 45*5 flea, hoppers per 100 buds last week, 
C. R. Parencia and S. E. Jones (August 19)? Infestation not as high in 
Calhoun County as in the past, 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy, et al. (August 26): Leaf aphids are fairly numerous 
on some. treated fields in Florence County but not so numerous as in 1938. 
Georgia, P. M. Gilmer, et al. (August 12): Incrpasing in treated fields of Sea 
Island in Tift, Cook, Berrien, Lowndes, and Echols Counties. Ho commercial 
damage, (August 19): Continuous, heavy rains have reduced infestations. 
L. W. Morgan (August 25): A heavy infestation on all cotton that has not 
shed its leaves in Lowndes and Echols Counties. 
Florida, C. S. Rude and assistants (August 5)s Leaves caused to fajLl in fields 
which have been treated consistently in Alachua, Gilchrist, Marion, Putnam, 
Union, and Lake Counties. A noticeable scarcity of ladybeetles in such 
fields. (August 26): Becoming less abundant. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 24); The cotton aphid ( A-phis gossypii Glov, ) is re- 
ported as numerous only in fields that have been treated for boll weevils. 
R. L. 'McGarr, et al. (August 19): Still very .numerous in a f ey of the 
experimental cuts in Oktibbeha County. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and. assistants (August 26): Infestation has increased in 
most fields in Madison Parish that. have been treated and in many fields ths 
have not been treated. In some fields the shedding of the bottom leaves 
caused by aphids may prove to be beneficial instead of injurious, as it 
may prevent the destruction of the bottom balls' by boll rot. . 
• • •• A COTTOU LEAF WORM ( Prodenia litura F.) 
Egypt. A. H. Rosenfeld (July 12): -Egg masses continued -to appear in all locality 
> but in diminishing quantities, the infestation on the whole being lighter 
, than last year, when it reduced the .crop by about half a million bales. 
Hatching occurred in small areas 'that had escaped the collection of egg 
masses, particularly in tfce northern Delta, but only light damage was 
caused. 
