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CHUEA 
LESSER CORN STALK 30RER "( Elasrnopalpns lignosellus Zell.) 
Mississippi C. Lyle (September 22): Specimens were collected from chufa 
plants at Perkinston on August 21. Only slight injury had "been 
caused "by them. 
A CURCULI0NID.(3arini) 
Mississippi C. Lyle (September 22): Curculio larvae, presumably of the 
Barini group (det. by A. E. Satterthwait) , were reported as 
causing severe injury to chufa plants at Perkinston on August 21. 
North Carolina 
Alabama 
COWPEAS 
COWPEA CURCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh.) 
W. A. Thomas (August 15): During the past month the cowpea 
pod weevil has been very abundant in the Chadbourn section of 
North Carolina and has caused rather severe damage on many 
farms. Larvae collected in late July proved to be very heavily 
parasitized by Myiophasia aenea Wied. 
J. M. Robinson (August 20): Adults are depositing eggs in 
large numbers at the present time. (September 22': The cowpea 
curculio is very abundant in the southern half of the Stat e.,Repor tec 
from Birmingham, Grady, Eiisleyy Eairfcrd. 
Louisiana 
Oklahoma 
SOYBEANS 
VSLVETBEAN CATERPILLAR ( Anticarsia gornr^llis Hbn.) 
W. E. Hinds (September 25): The soybean caterpillar has 
increased more slowly than last season and has done no damage as 
yet at Baton Rouge. However, many fields of soybeans have been 
stripped in the southern part of the State, where they were being 
grown for seed and no poisoning was done. 
C. E. Stiles (September 28): The velvetbean caterpillar was 
found feeding on foliage of the soybean six miles north of Vir.ita.; 
This insect is not very numerous this year and I doubt if the 
damage will amount to very much. 
