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Texas 
Illinois 
Tennessee 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Texas 
GENERAL2 
STATEMENT 
Georgia 
South 
>lina 
Texas 
W. R. Sudduth: Examined 100 plants on June 6 at Shreveport, finding 
no weevils and 7 punctured squares. On June 13, 100 plants, showed 
no weevils and 1 punctured square. 
W. E, Conn: Examinations made on June 6 and 13. at Ennis, finding 
no weevils. 
A. 0. Johnson: On 405 plants examined at Pert Lavaca on June 2, one 
"eevil "t&s found and on June 1C one weevil was found On June 15 
on 200 plants examined one weevil was found with a square infestation 
of 6. 5 per cent . 
COTTON APHID (Aphis gpssypii 01 o v. ) 
S. C. Chandler (June 12): At Cairo 90 per cent of the plants were 
infested in all fields examined, 
S. Ifercovitch (June 14): Specimens of this aphid were sent in from 
western Tennessee with the report that they were very abundant. 
R. W. Earned (June 22): Aphis gossvmi is to be found to some 
extent in almost every cotton field Nowhere is it reported serious 
to cotton so far this year. 
W, 3, Hinds (May 28): The cotton plant louse has been quite abundant 
on young cotton and prospects at the present time would indicate 
infestation to follow later in the seas en if weather conditions 
are favorable, 
F. L Thomas (Juno 15): Quite a number of complaints have come to 
us as the result of injury being produced by cotton plant lice, 
not only on cotton but also on watermelons^ 
B« Ro Coad (June 15): The cotton louse is common, though not 
destructive as yet D Prevailing weather conditions seem to favor 
the reproduction of the louse, as they did. in 1924 u 
V \T« Williams (June 15): Lice are present in some fields with no 
serious injury as yet,, 
F« Ac Pen ton (June 16): A considerable aphid infestation was present 
early in the season but has practically disappeared, 
COTTON LEAM7QRM (AJLajbana -r.?i?.lacea Hbn ) 
T. Cn Barber (ifey 22): Forr.d caterpillars small to about half- 
gra /n„ 3| miles north of Browns vi lie. 
Br n Baiter (May 28): Talegrsm of May 28 to B, R„ Coad reads as 
follows: "State Entomologist (Texas) Thomas wires from Corpus 
Cl.'.risti ";.: ibama ar ( Lllacoa larJae and pupae found 10 miles south 
Of here. Large percentage of natural control," 
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