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At the end of April, in one of these cages (in the southern portion 
of nthe State) 1.U0 per cent of the .weevils had emerged; in the other 
cage (northeastern portion of the State) 1.06 per cent had emerged. 
Combined they show, an emergence of 12. out of 9^9 weevils, or 1.26 
.. per cent at the end of April, and this,- I believe, to be our truest 
.indication of what has hapToexi.e&7 North Carolina. Messrs. Lieby 
and' Harris in work with pe-\ch insects at Aberdeen, N. 5. , jarred the 
boll weevil from peach trees in mid-April. 
Alabama J. m. .Robinson (April 29): Boll weevils have been very"cactive the 
last week" in emerging from hibernation cages in rather large numbers. 
As "many as 11 6 emerged in one day. 
. COTTON LEAFWQRM ( Alabama argillacea Hon. ) 
Texas E» L. Thomas (telegram dated May 27): Larvae of Alabama argillacea 
rorC abundant in' tw© fields ten miles south of here (Corpus Christi). 
High percentage- of -natural control, as most of the pupae found were 
dead. Farmers are spraying and dusting. 
T. C. Barber (May 23): Have observed light outbreaks of the cotton 
leaf caterpillar in at least two fields in the Brownsville locality. 
This is unusually early in the season for this insect to appear. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Suetheola rugiceps Lee. ) 
Louisiana J. '.7. Ingram (May 11): The stand of cotton was being seriously 
thinned ay sugarcane beetles in a field about one mile north of 
Mermen tau. Many dead and dying cotton plants were dug up and beetles 
were found feeding on them. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Alabama J. M, Robinson (April 29): The young cotton in southern Alabama 
has been attacked ~orj one of the cutworms. There were as many as 
twelve picked up on a little over an acre of ground. Many of the 
fields are being replanted. 
T700LLY-BEAR CATERPILLAR ( Diacrisia virgin ica Eab. ) 
Texas E. L« Thomas (May 9).' The second brood has occurred this season 
at Palacios, Matagorda County, in southern Texas. Caterpillars 
aajse abundant and may cause considerable damage if not controlled. 
COTTON APHID (Aphis go ssypii G lover) 
J, L. !7ebb (May 12): G. A. Maloney of the Tallulah Laboratory 
reports the cotton louse active on cotton in southern Texas. 
TOBACCO 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Virginia & S. S. Crumb (May 21): Mr. G-ilmore recently sent me a lot of 
Centucky cutworms taken injuring newly-set tobacco with the request that I 
determine them and send the determination to you. The mater Lai 
