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Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and assistants (August 20): Average of punctured 
squares in untreated check plots was 91-5 percent this week. Population 
heavy in all of the fields of Madison Parish, especially in young cotton. 
Arkansas. D. Iscly (August 23). Generally distributed over the State except 
in the northeastern part. While damage greater than in any year since 
1932, extreme injury did not materialize owing to drought. 
Oklahoma. C. P. Stiles (August 31)' Infestation has increased very rapidly 
throughout the southeastern quarter of the State, and little top crop 
cotton expected to "be produced this season throughout that area. Weevils 
more numerous this season in southeastern Oklahoma than since 1935. and 
perhaps worse than since 1933 • 
E. E. Ivy (August 21): Infestation has increased steadily in 
McCurtain County and is now at "between 70 and 80 percent in all fields 
examined. Forty percent of the "bolls have one or more eggs, larvae, or 
pupae in them, and between 10 and 15 percent of the locks have been 
destroyed. 
Texas. F. L. Thomas (August 12): Weevils spotted but most abundant in the 
lowlands of central and northern Texas. Less damage now in Calhoun 
County, but more in the Lavaca River bottoms of Jackson County, (August 
26): Abundant in most fields of young cotton and causing damage in the 
lowlands of Concho, Jones, McCulloch, and Taylor Counties, west-central 
Texas. 
K. P. Ewing, et al. (August 6): Average of punctured squares ob- 
served to be 20.9 percent as compared to 12.2 percent last week in 
Calhoun and Jackson Counties. Severe damage in some fields, light to 
medium in all others inspected was observed in the vicinity of Waco and 
in the Brazos River bottom. 
A. J. Chapman (August 20): Average infestation in 10 fields above 
the mouth of the Conchos and 8 below was found to be 59*66 percent. 
(August 27): Average infestation in 22 fields inspected was found to 
be 87.5^ percent. 
R. W, Moreland, et al. (August 6): In Brazos and Burleson Counties 
average infestation in check plots found to be 52.8 percent compared to 
62.9 percent on August 8, 193&. 
COTTON LEAP WORM ( Alabama argillacea Hbn. ) 
South Carolina. P. P. Bondy and C. P. Rainwater (August 27) : Adults but no 
larvae of cotton leaf worm found during the last 2 weeks in Florence 
County. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 23): Reported on August 19 and 20 as 
occurring in Madison, Payette, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, and Shelby 
Counties. Farmers using control measures. Approximately 10 percent 
of leaves destroyed at Trimble, Dyer County. 
