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results fron the five records made in these fields showed the infesta- 
tion to be extremely spotted. The infostation was unusually high in 
the fields in which there was no winter pasturage or other cultural 
practice that would tend to reduce the surface population. The fields 
that were near retired cotton acreage also showed some increase in in- 
festation. During 1937 a group of 25 fields was selected and only 1 
examination of 1,000 blooms in each field was made during the latter 
part of June. From the 25,000 blooms examined there were 8U3, or 3. 37 
percent, infested. In 1938 a group of 12 fields was selected and 5 
records wore made in these fields during the latter part of June. 
The total nurabor of blooms cxaminod was 16,901, averaging 1,U08 per 
field, and 513i or 3«°3 percent, wcro infested. (July 9)? Boll in- 
festation counts wcro made in one fiold in connection with the in- 
secticide tests. There was an averago of about one boll per plant at 
the time that the record was made. Eleven of the 100 bolls examined 
wcro found to be infested. Since these v/ero tho first bolls formed it 
is apparent that there will bo considerable damage in this fiold by 
the close of tho season. The field showed a high bloom infestation. 
The cultural practices in this fiold were favorable for a high survival 
as the stalks wcro not cut until late in tho fall and wore not plowed 
under until spring. (July l6): Bloom- infestation rocords were made 
in the lower El Paso Valley (Hudspeth County) on July 5-7 • The fact 
that an infestation was found this early in tho yoar would indicato 
that the worms had passed the winter in this area. (July 23): Bloom- 
infestation counts were made in tho Balmorhea area during the wo ok 
ending July l6 with negative results. 
COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabama argillacea Hbn.) 
Mississippi. C. Lylc (July 25): Eirst specimens found this year in 
Holmes County, central Mississippi, on July l6. Found in Oktibbeha 
County last week, and also an unconfirmed report from Sharkey County, 
in the Delta. 
R. L. McGarr, et al. (July 20): One large loaf worm was found 
in Lowndes County, 12 miles east of State College. 
E. W. Dunnam and J. C. Clark (July 25): Leaf worms on three 
plantations near Leland, in Washington County. 
Louisiana. I. J. Becncl (July): Heavy infestations in Bossier Parish and 
also reported in Ouachita Parish, both in northern Louisiana. 
R. C. Gaines, ct al. (July 6): Larvae in all instars from first 
to sixth were found in one field near Delta Point, in Madison Parish. 
(July %): Larvae found about lk miles south of Tallulah, in Madison 
Parish. (July 23 and 30): Leaf worms havo been found in practically 
all fields of succulent cotton but not in sufficient numbers to cause 
"ragging." 
