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Reports from the Mississippi Valley cotton district indicate that 
the "boll weevil was less abundant than usual'* 
Flights of moths of the cotton leaf worn were reported during the 
latter half of October in Iowa and Illinois and during the first week of 
the month in Michigan. 
The fall wehworm was less abundant than usual in Hew England and 
considerably more abundant in the Central States and in the Southwest. 
A cottonwood leaf miner , Proleucoptera albella Chamb. , was defoli- 
ating cottonwood trees in Kern County, Calif. This is apparently the 
first record for this insect in that State. 
3 lack widow spiders attracted considerable attention throughout the 
country during October, reports being received froa Illinois to California. 
The screw worm has been found at a number of places in Illinois, 
Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. 
