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C0TT01T INSECTS (Heroiptera) 
Arizona and California. L. D. Christenson (October B)j George J. Harrison, 
AgronoTist of the Bureau of plant Industry, in charge of the cotton in- 
vestigations at Shafter, Calif., vho visited the field station at Buck- 
eye, Ariz., stated that in the S~n Joaouin Valley of California this 
season it -as alTOst iTPonslble to conduct -ork in cotton-breeding nlots 
because of unusual populations of Lygus s"op. and pent^toTids. He thinks 
that the cotton production in California, especially in the Shafter and 
San Joaouin 5reas, will be very truch lover this season because of these 
insects. After vieHLng conditions in the vicinity of Buckeye, Mr. 
Harrison vas of the opinion that the cotton insect conditions there and 
in California rere very sirrilar. 
Puerto Rico. L. C. Fife (October 2): A nuirber of stink bugs have been col- 
lected on cotton, okra, and Hibiscus . About 10 -percent of the cotton 
bolls show sorre injury by pentatomids. 
COTTON APHID (Aphis gpssy^ii G-lov. ) 
Puerto Pico. L. C. Fife (October 2): This insect occurs throughout the 
northern cotton plantings and the -aopulation density varies considerably 
in different fields. It ^as found to be irost nuirerous in cotton fields 
at Isabel a, but parasites and. predators "'ere also numerous. 
FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
PALL 13BTC0RY ( Hyphantria cunpa Drury ) 
VerTont. H. L. Bailey (October 23): Fall ^ebvorTs have been -ruch less plen- 
tiful than for several years past. 
Connecticut. W. E. Brit ton (October 23): Nests of the fall vebvorrr are much 
less abundant this year than for several seasons past, 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (October 22): The fall ^eb^-orr was Tore abundant than 
has been the case for a nuirber of seasons, feeding being very general over 
all the central and northern parts of the State. 
Nebraska. M, H. Swenk (September If to 30): The fell <-eb-orT was working on 
el;r trees in Hitchcock County on September 17. 
Texas. H. J. Reinhard (October 22): The fall webworai was Tore abundant than 
usual in Brazos, Burleson, Gri.rar, and Madison Counties. The nests rere 
most corrronly noted on pecan, 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetrla cH r.r^r L. ) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (October 23): 17e~ infestations rere reported at E?sex 
in Chittenden County, and at Ler'-y , in Orleans County. These localities 
