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"RICE 
Louisiana 
RICE WAT3R WEEVIL ( Lirsorhoptrus simplex Say) 
W. A. Douglas (June 26): The rice water weevil situation 
is about as usual. The adults have caused some feeding 
scars on. the plants, out rot enough to "be called injurious. 
Larvae are present in most fields. The farmers are "beginning 
to realize that the water weevil is not an injurious pest 
of rice. 
COTTON 
Texas 
COTTON LEAP WORM ( Alabama argil lac oa ITon. ) 
P. L. Thomas (July 22): The frequent rains during July 
throughout the State are favorable to the rapid multiplication 
end spread of this insect in Nueces, Hidalgo, San Patricio, 
and Refugio Counties. Worms were first found in Nueces 
County, June 27. 
Oklahoma 
CC3T0N PLEA EOPFER ( Psallus seriatus Reut. ) 
C. E. Sanborn and assistants (July 22): The cotton flea 
hopper is moderately abundant. 
Mississippi 
J. M. Langston (July 23); Cotton plants that had evidently 
been injured o:' r P. seriatus were received from the county 
agent at New Albany, on June 25. Complaints in regard to 
injury by this insect have "been received from various 
sections of the State during the, past month. 
CORN SILK BEETLE ( Luperodes varicornis Lee.) 
south Carolina A. Luthen (July 25): This chrysomelid beetle was reported 
as damaging cotton in Winnsboro County, July 21. 
