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E* L. Thomas (June 12): All stages of the cotton leaf worm are 
showing up in many fields of Nueces County. They have severely 
ragged spots in those fields, and since the rains have been 
falling along the Coast we shall be fortunate if a severe out- 
break does not develop„ . 
Haiti George N« Wolcott (May 26): This is to report an outbreak of the 
cotton caterpillar at Plantation Bon Repos in the Cul-de-Sac, a 
few miles north of Port-au-Prince, a few weeks ago. On account 
of an abundance of rainfall, the ratoon cotton plants started 
growing and flowering this spring (which is rather exceptional for 
the cotton- growing sections of Haiti), but the rainfall kept up so 
that most of the bolls dropped or became diseased, and before the 
remainder could approach maturity the cotton caterpillars had 
stripped the plants. Counts made of cocoons in several parts of the 
field showed that 40 per cent were empty, due to a common ant 
attacking the prepupae. Adults of Chalc is incerta treason were 
also collected in the same field but were not abundant, and none 
emerged from a large series of Alabama pupae collected. 
WOOLLT-BEAR CATERPILLAR ( Diacrisia virginica Fab, ) 
Texas E© L» SBhomas (May 9): The second brood vhich has occurred this 
season in southern Texas, Caterpillars are abundant and may cause 
considerable damage if not controlled. 
COTTON SQUARE- BORER ( Uranotes melinus H D n») 
Mississippi R» W. Earned (June 22): The cotton square- borer has been received 
from several counties. This species has also been reported as 
injuring bean pods. 
RED SPIDER ( Tetranvchus telarius L„ ) 
Arkansas W. J. Baerg (June 25): Outbreak of red spider on cotton developing 
in Monroe and Crittenden Counties. 
SALT-MARSH CATERPILLAR ( Estigmene acraea Drury) 
Texas W» D« Hunter (June 10): Reports indicate general but not very 
heavy occurrence of the salt-marsh caterpillar throughout south- 
eastern Texas. 
F. L» Thomas (June 15): Another outbreak of Estigmene ^ cr a ea 
was reported on about r200 acres of cotton in Brazoria County. 
Although the caterpillars were in practically all stages I think 
they are mostly of the third brood. Cotton at this point was 
small and much of it was being stripped. Paris green diluted with 
lime, 1 part in 4, was being applied but apparently only a few of the 
large worms had been killed, 
Mississippi R. W» Earned (June 8): Damage to cotton by the salt-marsh 
caterpillar in Jackson, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, and Chickasaw 
Counties. 
