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Louisiana J. W. Ingranr-and E. K. Bynum (May 29): A survey has "been 
made from Hac eland to Lafayette and from Houma to Alexandria. 
Beetle injury did not nan over 1 per cent, except at Franklin 
and at two sugarcane plantations. Around Franklin the injury 
was 10 per cent. On a plantation near St. Martinville one 
field had damage amounting to over 40 per cent, the other 
fields having a "bout 15 per cent injury. At a plantation near 
Morgan City one field had about 3 per cent damage. 
**7. A. Douglas (May 27): Reports have come to the Rice Ex- 
periment Station that the sugarcane "beetle has "been injuring 
rice to some extent. 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) 
Louisiana W. A. Douglas (June' 15): Several examinations of cornfields 
in the vicinity of Crowley were made last week, and heavy in- 
festations were found in all fields except one. The stalks 
were practically 100 per cent infested, and the damage was se- 
vere enough to cause the stalks to die and fall over. 
V W. E. Hinds (June 23): The sugarcane borer has started on 
the second generation. The infestation is generally light as 
yet although some centers of heavy infestation have "been found 
in corn which was planted early and is now in tassel and de- 
veloping ears. Farasitism by Tricho gramma mi nut urn Riley is 
developing in the eggs of Heliothis obsole ta, especially, 
and earlier in the season it was fo'und m tn"e eggs of Diatraea 
saccharali s Fab. 
/.^Monthly Letter of theJBureau of . Entomology. -Number 205, 
(May): On May 8 H. A. Jaynes or the Bureafr'if Entomology sent 
by airplane from Trujillo, Peru, 1,075 adults of Ppobracon 
rimac InTolcotb^a hymenopterous parasite of the sugarcane moth 
borer. 'The shipment arrived at Miami, Fla., on 1/ia.y 11, and 
was then sent by express to New Orleans, arriving there on 
May 13. Three hundred and twenty- seven of the wasps were 
alive and in good condition. The total trip was less than 6 
days, whereas "by ship and train it would have required about 
22 days. The percentage of survival was better by airplane, 
although the parasites were not kept at low temperatures, as 
they are when sent in the ordinary way. 
RICE 
RICE T7ATER WEEVIL ( LissorhoT?trus simplex Say) 
Louisiana U. A. Douglas (June 26): The rice water weevile situation is 
A30UT as usual . The adults have caused some feeding scars nn 
the rice plants, but not enough to be called injurious. Larvae 
are present in most fields. The farmers are beginning to rea- 
lize that this weevil is not an injurious pest of rice. 
