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JK.- P. Ewing .(May g): • At Port Lavaca, .in Oalhoun County, there was a 
decided increase, .in the number of "flea hoppers .found on the screens and 
also in the cotton fields this week,', as compared ,. to last .week. (May 15): 
There was a decrease this week over last in the number of flea hoppers 
found on the screens and also in the cotton 'fields. There 'was also a de- 
crease in the population on horsemint and evening, primrose. 
COTTON APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer (May 15): In ( Southern Georgia a few aphids were found. 
Most of these. have been parasitized. 
Florida. H. C. Young (May l): At Alachua a few aphids were noted in some fields 
South Carolina. F. ' F. Bondy (May 15-29): In Florence County some fields showed. 
a considerable infestation of leaf aphids, 
F. F. Bondy and C. F. Rainwater (May 22): Hoot aphids are 
killing young cotton and causing serious damage in some fields. 
W. C. Nettles (May 21): Cotton root aphids were first noticed 
in the coastal section during the first half of May. Considerable damage 
occurred in some fields. 
Texas. K. P. Ewing (May S): In Calhoun County pptton -aphids were found to be 
numerous in practically all fields but apparently doing no damage. Predators 
seemed to be increasing. (May 15): Predators very numerous and giving 
control; aphids considerably decreased in numbers. 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (May 2^) : Frankliniella fusca Hinds was becoming 
abundant on cotton at Florence by May 20. 
F. F. Bondy and C. F. Rainwater (May 29): Thrips have done a 
great" deal of damage to cotton in Florence County. 
Mississippi. E. 17. Dunnam (May 20): In Washington County an average of 2.2H 
thrips per cotton plant were found when the plants were in the four~ and 
five-leo.f stage. Practically all of the thrips were nymphs. Damage is 
more severe in the older cotton and some buds are blasted, but vegetative 
branches have not appeared. (May 29): The average seedling infestation 
of thrips ranges from 2. If) to 1-U00 per plant. The lighter infestations 
are found in small unc hopped cotton and. the heavier ones in block-chopped 
cotton. Leaf damage is noticeable in most fields, but side branching has 
not started. 
Louisiana. C. 0. Eddy (May 2h) : F. fusca was abundant on seedling cotton 
throughout the State during the first two-thirds of May. Much injury re- 
sulted. 
R. C. Gaines (May 1'5): .At the Tallulah laboratory thrips are re- 
ported to be appearing on cotton. Counts made in the latin-square tests 
. showed an average of slightly more than one thrips per plant. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (May 22): In -some fields in central Texas 100 percent of 
the plants are infested. (May 29): Injury to cotton has attracted much 
attention and is reported as severe in LeWitt, Grimes, Burleson, Brazos, 
and Madison Counties. 
