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South 
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&t Florance, S. C. , In I92U prior to april l6, 0.11 per cent 
of the weevils had emerged; in 1925, 2.U9 per cent; in 1926, 
O.25 per cent; and this year 2.38 per cent. 
In past years at Tallulah, La., the percentage of survival 
prior to April 16 was as follows: 1.13 per cent in 191o, 0.10 
per cent in 1917, 0.02 per cent in 1913, . G.02 per cent in 191?, 
0.09 per cent in 1920, 0.80 per cent in 1921, 1.07 per cent in 
1922, 0.30 per cent in 1923, 0.0U per cent in I92U, 0.01 per 
cent in 1925., and 0. 03 per cent in 1920. The survival this 
year to the same date was 0.22 per cent. 
It will be noted- that a greater survival was recorded prior 
to April lo at all the cooperating stations this year than in 
192o, where records for comparison are available, except ^oplar- 
ville, Miss., Experiment Ca. , and Baton Rouge, La. attention 
is called to the lack of weevil emergence in the two cages at 
Baton Rouge, La.; this can probably be explained by the fact 
that they were installed on October 3 and 2k - about six and 
four weeks, respectively, before a killing frost occurred. Dr. 
Hinds states that his earliest records have indicated a very 
light survival among weevils starting hibernation four weeks 
or more before killing frosts occur and as a rule no survival 
where hibernation started six weeks before a killing frost, 
Consequently, :he considers that his limited records this soring 
have no significance as regards field emergence. 
A greater survival was recorded this year prior to April lS 
than in 1925 at one point in Texas, one in North Carolina, one 
in Louisiana, one in Alabama, and one in Mississippi, whereas 
a greater survival was recorded in I925 at one point in South 
Carolina, one in Forth Carolina, one in Louisiana, and one in 
Georgia. 
Records in past years at Tallulah, La., show that an average 
of 2o.^9 per cent of the total survival for the season is com- 
pleted prior to April lo. 
FLEa BEETLES (Halticinae) 
C. 0. Eddy (May 19): Local attacks of about three species of 
flea beetles caused damage during the first half of t least 
The upper and lower surface of leaves, especially cotyledon, 
were eaten. 
CGTT0F FLEA ( Psallus seriatus Reut 
C. 0. Eddy (May 19): Cotton flea hoppers are developing in mod- 
erately large numbers on great Quantity of evening primrose 
throughout the Piedmont section, a few of the pests are 1 
active in certain localities on cotton. 
R. 1. Harned (May 2k): Specimens of Psallus seriatus have been 
collected recently at A. &':'.. College, on horsemint and croton 
plants. Specimens of this insect were also collected at I'atchez 
by sweeping with a net in a pasture. 
