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COITOI'T BOLL V/CRM ( Hello this ob sol eta Fab.) 
Alabama j. fcj, R&binson (August l): The cotton boll worm is showing up in 
restricted areas. -with light infestations. (August lo): The cotton 
Loll worm has shown up in various spots throughout the entire State. 
In some areas such as at Hart sells and Samson they have been reporter 
as doing considerable damage. 
Louisiana '.'.'. E. Hinds (August 20): Bell worms are injurious to full -grown 
bolls. 
Texas F. C, Bishopp (August l): Telegram: Boll-wcrm damage to cotton 
in parts cf Dallas and Collins Counties is a tout 5 to 10 ? er cc:\t 
and there are prospects for a great increase. 
F. L. Thomas (August 20): Bell worm injury is severe in many places, 
increasing in one field of this county (Brazos) from 10 to 2.6 per 
cent on 1,700 bells during the period August 3 to H» Ir - Ccllin 
County 39 per cent of the bolls -ere injuredar.d in Lamar County the 
average was 3»3 P er cent with a maximum cf 8 per cent. 
F. C. Bishopp (August 2o) : Boll -v/orm injury has almost stepped in 
the cotton fields cf northern Texas. Severe damage >/as done during, 
the first half of the month, the crop or, many fields being cut 
from 10 tc 50 per cent. The injury, however, appears to have been 
more or less spotted. 
COTTON APHID ( A-phl s go s sypi i G-l o v . ) 
South E. W. Dunnam (August lo) : Cotton lice can be found in almost all 
Carolina cotton fields but are not causing serious damage.. 
Alabama J, M. Robinson (August lb): The cctton aphid was very abundant on 
dusted plots in early August but has been reduced to a minimum by 
■ the activity of hymenopterous insects, ladybird beetle larvae, and 
syrphid larvae. The principal ladybird is Hippodamia ccnverger.s 
C-uer. However, Cocinella :. vemnctata Hbst. is more abundant than 
last year. 
Louisiana W. E. Hinds (August 20) : Cottonrplant lice have developed abund- 
antly in some localities and particularly where poison for the boll 
weevil has been applied. 
CABBAGE LOOPEE Uutofrapha brassicae Riley) 
Mississippi R. \1. Harned (August 22): Specimens that have been t entatively 
identified as the cabbage looper, Plus i a brassicae , have been re- 
ceived recently from two localities in Yazcc County-, one locality 
in Humphreys County, and one in Sharkey County. In : ach case they 
were collected on cctton. One moth was r cored -nd definitely deter- 
mined hy Dr. Dyar as Plusia brassicae . 
STATE PLANT fiOA&n 
