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A TIGER MOTH { Apantesis o ithona Stkr. ) 
B. ff. Harried (June 22/: JDfrririg. .the pasit "month there has beer. 
I" quite a serious outbreak ^o.f .liaTry caterpillars • ih cotton 
fields in parts of eastern" a ; nd southern -Mississippi, Adults 
reared have been determined by T^H.' Benjamin, 'Curator of the 
William Barnes collection at Decatur, ill.'; 'as* follows: Apantesi s 
oithona Stkr,, ..(1878) f £orm, normal rectilinea . French, (1879) ab. 
'"■• conspicua S'tretch",,. 'X$&0.§)*..' *JMcr3t of the ccmplairit' , s- in regard • " 
..". to this insect came*. from cotton, growers, but in some cases many 
garden plants were destrQ^e<|'"i.;. r ''2' •.'. 
In 'most .cases' that have ^qm^tci our attention, the fields where 
these insects have caused damage Were' in sod last year. In all 
other cases only .crops adjoining. pastures or uncultivated fields 
were attacked. Usually these worms appealed in. rather low places 
• close to 'swamps* "Reports, of! '^hese insects came" from quite a 
. number of counties, but specimens were actually' received only 
.from Jackson r^punty on, the C-ulf . Coas V and from Noxubee, Chickasaw, 
. and Okt'i'bbehgr Counties. in 'the northeastern part of the State. 
BSET APMYWORM ( la-nhyflma ' exigua Huebn. ) ' 
T« D Urbahhs (ifey-22): About 250 acres of first planting com- 
pletely, destroyed and 200 ■ acres -pf second planting. badly injured. 
Three thousand acres infest.ed in' Kern lake. district. Poisoned 
bran mash' being sprayed by'cottbn' planters" and: grain seeders 
over nearly 3 C 000 acres. 
E« AV McGregor~( May 26)r~ Owing 'to pressure "and appeals from 
. cot.to.n. growers., we we,re impelled to visit one planting near 
.. poplar,' Tulare, County, The,,f ie'ld. ^ras of 130 acres' which onHfcter 5 ■ 
23d showed a perfect stand and perfect condition. During the 
short interval between then and the day of our visit (May 26) 
the pest became present in such numbers as to^destroy about 12 
Solid acres and to threaten the entire field, A species of 
4 ^ pigweed. .(Amaran thus) appeared .to be the native hos$ plant, but 
these' w'eeds had become almost' 'styept .'away by the va'St numbers' of ' 
wjjrras. '• '■'- '•■•■'•• '.'•' •'••• 
Hardly a leaf of the cotton plants could be. found in the center 
of infestation that' was free of the caterpillars. As many as 29 
larvae were counted on a single, small, seedling. The foliage was pi 
being skeletonized. '"'. /.'^ ' "'" ' :% ' '' 
Judging frO'm the complaints that' h&'ve come to us concerning this 
pest it would seem established that its occurrence is rather 
general over the cotton growing area -of Tulare and Kern Counties. 
"Fo Re Braun (June 2): In Tulare County young cotton plant leaves 
were eaten severely by the first generation. They are pupating 
now, indicating that damage is over for the present. 
AN ASMYffOEM (. Proden ia 'p raef i ca Grote) 
White Co Ea.rber (June 15)^ Second catting of alfalfa drives 
. the larvae "into cotton fields','. Infestation in' some localities 
in Kern 'County is serious. Good control with poisoned bran 
mash. 
