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COTTON INSECTS 
'BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grand is Eoh. ) 
South Carolina. P. F. Bondy and C. P. Rainwater (May 15): Weevils in Flor- 
ence County are emerging in the fields in apparently larger numbers than 
for the past 3 years. The average of all fields examined was 1H5 weevils 
per 10,000 plants. (May 29): The following table, giving the emergence 
of boll weevils in the hibernation cages at Florence for the past 6 years, 
shows that the 193&~37 winter mortality was not as high as during the 
previous 3 winters. 
Boll weevil emergence : 
m — 
Date 
1932 
1933 : 193^ :. 1935 
1936 
1937 
Hav P— 1 R- - 
Number 
12U 
200 
, Number : Number : Number 
. 1,537 : 8 : 9S 
i 397 : 1 , : & 
: 329 : : 22 
Number 

2 
I 
Number 
666 
May 16-22 
Ha V ?7_?F, 
3lU 
6?8 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer (May 15): At Tifton in southern Georgia slight weevil 
damage is appearing in isolated spots. Apparently tbs overwintering 
brood is the smallest in many years. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 22): Examinations were "nade on IS farms in 10 coun- 
ties during the last week and weevils were fouid in 0: .ly 1 field. 
E. W. Dunnam (May 15-29) No weevils have been reported in Wash- 
ington County. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines. and assistants (May 22): In Madison Parish the fol- 
lowing record of boll weevils taken on nine flight screens is. reported, 
in comparison with previous years. 
Late 
1937 
193b 
1935 
May 1 
May 8 
May 15 
May 22 
Number 
5 
5 
6 
6 
Number 

1 
1 
1 • 
Number 
7 
6 
35 
10 
From present indications, weevils are more numerous in the vicinity of 
Tallulah than they were a year ago at this time but less numerous than 
during the last week in May of the h preceding years. Apparently there 
was a higher survival of weevils this spring than following any winter 
since 1932. 
