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sent in from Wilsonvillc, Shelby County, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa 
County, and Vernon, Lamar County. 
Mississippi R. W. Earned (June 30) : A number of complaints in regard to the 
damage that these insects are causing have "been received. Some of 
the complaints have come from the eastern part of Lowndes County. 
Under date of June 27 the county agent at Purvis. Lamar County, 
sent us a number of these irsects with the statement that they are 
causing considerable damage to cotton and corn in one field. He 
writes: "The insect will eat and sting the plait, causing the 
foliage to die where it has teen stung," (July S)i Complaints 
in regard to these beetles from. several different places in the 
State have been received. They are reported as damaging cotton^ 
corn, and various other plants. Determination made by H, S. Barber 
y/lh/25 with the following statement : "Tuner odes brunneus Crotch 
which apnears wrongly listed as .a synonym of ya^icornis Lec 8 in 
the Leng List." • (July 20)': Specimens, from Eeicut, Tishomingo 
County, and Leesdale, t ^dams County ,havo been received, with statemen' 
that injury has been/cotton chiefly. .(July 25): Cn July o s speci- 
mens of Luperodcs brur.ner s were received from Holcut in Tishomingo 
County where they were reported as causing serious damage to 
leaves and squares of cotton plants. 
GARDEN '.7EB770RM (Lorostege ' feimilali a Guen») 
Texas W. A. Baker (July l): Along the entire route traveled I found 
only one cotton field that was infested with the garden webworm 
-and which, from reports I have heard, is showing up in considerable 
numbers in western Texas, 
C0TTC1T FLEA ( P sal lu g, seri atus Reut.) 
G-eorgia Kaliard De La Parello (July 3): The insect known as the cotton, 
flea, which I believe is Pha llus, seriatus. {Reut.), has appeared 
in the State of Georgia, doing considerable damage to Americus 
and binder. 
Mississippi R» W« Earned (July 29) : The cotton flea, Psallus s?riatus, 
was collected by D. 77. Grimes on July 12 on cotton 2-| miles south 
of Greenville and on July 13 on cotton growing 2 miles north of 
Leland. Both of these places are in Washington County. In regard 
to the first field Mr. Grimes wrote: "Plants sh edding squares and 
young bolls. Squares look to be sapped by sucking insect. Some 
plants with practically no limbs and. little fruit." In regard to 
the second field he wrote as follows: "Some stalks tall and not 
fruiting well. Leafhoppers and green bugs flying from cotton. 
Collected one small green plant bug." 
The insects collected from these fields were identified by Dr, 
H. Ho Knight, of the Iowa State College, as ? *;allu? . g?riatus . 
This is the first definite record. that we have of the occurrence 
of this insect in this State. It is of interest that Mr. Grimes 
noted the injury to cotton that has been described by Dr. Hunter 
before he collected the insects. 
