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STRIPED FLEA BEETLE ( Phyllotreta v it tat a Pat . ) 
Kansas H. B. Kungerford (April 5): The striped turnip flea beetle, Phyllo 
t reta vittata, is very destructive to young radishes this season 
in the eastern part of the State, 
SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECTS 
COTTON 
POLL WEEVIL ( ajnthonoinus grandis Boh,) 
General U. S. D. A. (Release of April 5): The annual examinations of moss 
Statement conducted by the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of 
A riculture, for 1928, to determine the survival of boll weevils ni} 
hibernation, have oeen completed. In addition to the examinations 
made by the Bureau of Entomology, similar ones, included in this 
report, were carried out at three different points in Texas by 
F. L. Thomas of the Texas State Experiment Station. The examina- 
tions in South Carolina were made in cooperation with the South 
Carolina Experiment Station. 
As in past years, these examinations have' been made only in 
Spanish moss and the findings are recorded in live weevils per ton 
of moss. The records for 1928 are; 
Live weevils per ton of moss. 
Northern Louisiana. .......... 1.0 
Southern Louisiana..,.,.,.... 265.1 
Louisiana,, State average. .... 65.9 
Alabama. ..................... 45 . 2 
Georgia...................... 88.7 
.South Carolina. .............. 21 .1 
Texas ........ ... ...... 74 . 5 
Temperatures, with the exception of a few days in early Janu r| 
have been comparatively mild during the past winter. It will be 
recalled that conditions, generally speaking, were favorable in 
most sections for a large number of weevils entering hibernation 
last fall. 
In considering the records in northeastern Louisiana, it shoulc 
be remembered that most of this area was included in the nississippi 
River overflow during the season of 1927 and that in some sections 
very little cotton was planted. These records thus represent pri- 
marily the after-effect of the overflow rather than winter mortality 
Although the figures presented above are .indicative of the 
percentage of weevil survival, it is recognized that the examina- 
tions were made at an insufficient number of points to give figures 
from which accurate conclusions may be drawn for the entire Cotton 
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