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SPINACH 
SPINACH LZaF MINER (P egomya hyoscyami Panz.) 
Connecticut R. B. Friend (May 23): Adults emerged in New Haven May 10-22; 
also reported from Middletown. 
Maryland 3 % n. Cory (April 27): Eggs and larvae in abundance on spinach 
.. at College Park. 
SOUTHERN FIELD- CROP INSECTS 
COTTON 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandi s Boh.) 
GENERAL Cb-operative Report on Boll Weevil Emergence from Cage Tests Prior 
STATEMENT to May 1. 
The percentage of weevils placed in cages last fall which had 
emerged prior to May 1 at the different points is shown in the 
following tahle: 
Par. cent of number put into 
Locality cages which have emerged 
Auburn, Alabama - - — 11,5*4 
College Station, Texas - 5.27 
Florence, South Carolina U.66 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -. *+.37 
Clemson College, South Carolina - - 2.7S 
Experiment, Georgia 1.33 
Aberdeen, North Carolina — ,SU 
Rocky Mount, North Carolina - .32 
Holly Springs, Mississippi - - - .OS 
Tallulah, Louisiana .01 
The most interesting figure so far this spring is the ex- 
ceedingly high emergence of 11. 5*+ per cent at Auburn, Ala. 
Approximately the same number of weevils were placed in the same 
cage during the fall of 1923 and up to this date in 192 1 * no 
weevils had emerged. 
At Florence, S. C, the emergence in I92U prior to May 1 was 
0.15 per cent: This year, however, the emergence prior to May 1 
was U.66 per cent. 
The survival at College Station, Tex., continues to approach 
a normal one. 
At Tallulah, La., in the average of nine years, ah out Uo per 
cent of the total emergence has "been completed "by May 1. The 
average emergence prior to May 1 in the last nine years is about 
O.60 p3ET cent. This year, however, the emergence is only O.DsD per 
cent. 
It is interesting to note thattthe weevil emergence is still 
progressing, further indicating that the weevils have been able 
to survive the winter in fair numbers at most stations. 
Co-operative Report on Boll Weevil Emergence from Cage Tests Prior 
to May l6. 
The percentage of weevils placed in cages last fall which had 
