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hoppors arc increasing in southern and cast-central Texas, "but have not 
"been found on cotton in northern Texas. (Juno 19): Reports have "been 
received from 69 farms in 25 counties where control demonstrations are 
"being conducted. These counties extend from Jim Wells, in the south, 
to Grayson, in northern Texas. Flea hoppers are present on 51 of the 
farms and ore causing injury on 33 • (June 26): Fleahoppers are more 
widely distributed than during last week, "but are in smaller numbers on 
cotton in the State as a whole. However, their numbers increased and 
more than doubled on the farms examined in Ellis, Grayson, and Kaufman 
Counties, in northern Texas, but only in Grayson and Kaufman were they 
sufficiently numerous to be injurious. Increased numbers were also found 
on farms in Brazoria, DeWitt, Matagorda, Refugio, and Victoria Counties, 
but in 8 other counties along the coast and in 3 counties examined in 
central Texas there was a reduction in the number of flea hoppers. 
A TENE3RI0NID ( Blapstinus sonorae Csy. ) 
Arizona. T. P. Cassidy (May): This beetle caused considerable damage to 
cotton in parts of the Salt River Valley of Arizona in May by cutting 
off the seedlings near the surface of the ground. (Dot. by E. A.. 
Chap in. ) 
THRIPS (Thysanoptera) 
Alabama. H. C. Young and T. Thompson (June): A severe outbreak of thrips 
(species not determined) is occurring on cotton at Cullman. The 
damage varies, but all fields show injury and in some from 50 'to 7-5 
percent of the terminal buds have been killed. 
Mississippi. E. W. Dunnan and J. C. Clark (June 6): Thrips are causing some 
ragging in almost all fields. They are numerous in our experimental 
plats, blasting the buds in 10 percent of the plants after thinning. 
(June 20): Thrips are very plentiful in the cotton fields .of Washington 
County and damage is apparent. 
