BEET LEAFHOFPER (Eutett ix tenellus Bak. ) 
Utah, G-. E. Knowlton (Augur, t 31) S Bather ■ scarce in sugar Beet and. cantaloup 
fields examined at G-reenriver. Ver-r little curly top on melons and cucum- 
bers at C-reenriver. 
TOBACCO 
HORHWORMS ( Protoparce sppi) 
Tennessee, 0, M. Bentley (September l6): Second broods of I. sexta Jolian, and 
P, quinquenaculat a Ham, on tobacco have had an irregular emergence, owing 
to the extended drought* Generally over the tobacco-growing areas there 
has been less injury from the second brood than normal* 
COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.) 
Virginia. S, B, Fenne (September 27): Severe injury in Isle of Wight, Nansemond, 
Greensville, 'and Brunswick Counties. Considerable late treatment used but 
rain washed it off. Yield probablv reduced at least 50 percent in many 
instances . 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer, et al. (September 2): Still present in considerable 
numbers in untreated cotton but not maintaining their numbers on fields 
treated within the last ,T, eek in Tift, Cook, Berrien, Lowndes, and Echols 
Counties, Midsummer migration definitely over, and some indications of fall 
migrant movements. Squares now showing heavy feeding punctures and fewer 
egg punctures. 
Florida, C, S, Hude (September 23): Population heavy in all of the fields exam- 
ined in Alachua, Marion, and Lake Counties. Cotton plants putting on much 
new growth, and the ne nf squares are 100-percent infested. A large increase 
in the weevil population in Lake County d\iring the last 2 weeks about the 
same as it was last year, 
Alabama. J, M. Robinson (September 20 ): Very_ abundant at Auburn. 
Mississippi, C. Lyle' (September 25): Reports indicate that many bolls are injurec 
in the southern Delta section and that adults are very numerous in the youn?:. 
er cotton throughout the northern half of the State. 
• E. W. Dunnam, et al. (September 22); Some weevils are emerging as late 
bolls open in Washington County. Paras it izat ion apparently higher than 
normal in grubs in cotton bolls. Population not increasing, aa there is 
practically no second growth. Estimated population still about 50 percent 
of that last year at this time. 
R. L. Me Gar r and assistants (September 9): Very abundant in most of the 
cotton examined this week in Oktibbeha County. Fr^sent conditions indicate 
that a large number will be ready for hibernation. 
