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COWFEAS 
COWPEA CURCULIO ( Chalcodormcs aenous Boh.) 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (August 22): Early peas well infested at Experi- 
ment, central Georgia. (August 2.3): At a cowpea cannery at Mitchell, 
east-central Georgia, about 10 percent of the peas are reported to 
he stung by this insect. Last year the stings ran up to 30 percent 
and higher . 
BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata Eorst.) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (August 15) : Doing considerable damage to 
field cowpeas over most of the territory surrounding Chadbourn. The 
foliage of the plants in many instances is completely riddled. 
CLOVER HAY WORM ( Hypsopygia cos talis E.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2k): Specimens received on July 3 from 
Gulfport, Harrison County, southern Mississippi, with a report that 
they were abundant in pea hay. 
SORGHUM 
SORGHUM WEBWORM (Celama sorghiolla Riley) 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (August 22): Present on sorghum in Bell County, 
northern Texas. Also increasing on late-planted grain sorghum in 
Brazos and Burleson Counties. 
SUGARCANE 
BORERS ( Diatraea spp.) 
Elorida. A. N. Tissot (August 23): La.rger cornstalk borer (p. crambidoides 
Grote)sent in from Quincy, northwestern Elorida, where it was injur- 
ing late corn. 
Louisiana. B. A. Ostcrbcrger and E. R. Lett (August 8): Cane borers 
(D. saccharalis F.) very numerous in the Be Ridder section, Beauregard 
Parish, southwestern Louisiana, on corn and sugarcane. Many eggs 
collected, SO percent of which were parasitized by Trichogramma spp. 
Texas. R. K. Eldteher (August 22): Sugarcane borer on rice in Matagorda 
County and on corn and sorghum in Galveston County, both counties 
located on the coast. 
AH EARWIG (Boru aculoatum Scued.) 
Florida. A. N. Tissot (August 23): Several specimens sent in from Ocala, 
central Florida, whery they were reported to be causing some damage 
to corn and sugarcane. 
