Texas r - c - Bishopp (August 1): Cotton hoppers are destructive in a 
few fields. 
-■ -'• Thomas (August 3); Cotton flea hopper reports continue to 
filter ir. , coming from 6 counties. 
CCTTOH IS AT WORM ( A labama - rgillacea Hbn. ) 
Arkansas Dwight Isely (August lb): Leaf worms have been collected in Wash- 
ington, County and specimens have also been received from Lawrence 
County', in the northeast comer of the State, indicating that the 
species is fairly well distributed over Arkansas at present. 
Louisiana '.'. E. Hinds (august' 20): ^otton leaf . •.•orms are reported as abund- 
ant in many fields in the nor thwe stern part of the State and ex- 
tending at least as far east as Honroe. 
Alabama -J. iu. Robinson (August iS) : The cotton leaf vrarm has not shown up 
in any localities of the State. . 
Mississippi R. W. Harried (August 22): The first specimens of the cotton leaf 
worm received from pointr. in Mississippi during 1327 were collected 
on August 5 at Dee son in Bolivar County. A very light infestation 
-as reported. Specimens have since been received from Lee, ,<ash- 
i ;ton, Desoto, Yazoo, Alcorn, Sharkey, and Tallahatchie Counties. 
In all cases a general light infestation -as reported. In most 
cases the worms -ere beginning to "web-u?." Another generation is 
ejected at any time. -Reports that we have received at this office 
indicate that generations are overlapping to a great exten„. re- 
ports" from -other places indicate ..that the infestations occur 
throughout the northern half of the State. 
Texas E. L. Thomas (August 20): Leaf worms have caused very little in- 
jury to. date in the greater part of the State. Parasites have 
contributed greatly in holding the numbers in check. Have just 
returned from a trip to Lamar, Collin, and Hill Counties "here 
many sections in each county were visited. Excepting one field 
in Hill County, I saw no place -.here there -as even a threat of 
injury. norms were first reported from Hill County over a month 
ago. Only 17 counties reported for the past t-;o weeks period. 
These reports are from widely scattered sections: Hudspeth, Mid- 
land, Mitchell, Wilbarger, Hayes, Lavaca, Victoria, Stephens, 
Ellis, and a few others in the northeast. 
F. C. Bishopp (August 26): On August 10' a few newly hatched leaf 
worms appeared in some fields in this county (Dallas). Toward 
the end of the month a number of farmers began poisoning their 
cotton against the insect. On august 26 many of the le-f -orms 
in nonuoisoned fields are fully grown, and are spinning up. A 
small percentage has already pupated. The infestation has not 
become general, and -hilo the fields most heavily infested are 
"r "' considerably no material damage has been done -by trie 
first brood. 
