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large extent "by reason of the fact that the State of Georgia is 
dusting over 50 per cent of her cotton acreage with calcium arsenate 
in the control of the "boll weevil. Calcium arsenate kills the lady 
beetle, leaving the way open for the lice to multiply very rapidly. 
V. 7 S Williams (August If)'. Lice are noticeable on many plants in 
most fields but it is too late for damage^ 
Alabama J. M, Robinson (July 31): Plant lice on cotton have been the cause 
of inquiries from various parts of the State. 
Louisiana Dr. J, W» Folsom (August 15) : ITo serious lice infestation. Lice are 
comparatively few in numbers and most of these are small individuals. 
Wo S Hinds (August if): The cotton plant louse infestations have been 
abundant, regardless of poisoning, but apparently average considerably 
heavier on areas where several applications of calcium arsenate have 
been made, 
Arizona The Arizona Hews Letter, Vol. 3» No. 6, Phoenix, (June 30): A 
report was received from Gila Bend that the cotton aphis was becoming 
numerous. A request was included for leaves bearing the parasitized 
lice which would be distributed in the cotton fields, thus liberating 
the parasites as they hatched. Because of the lack of such material 
in the Salt River Valley it was impossible to send any relief, 
COTTON FLEA ( Psallus. seriatu s Reut . ) 
GENERAL D, Ivi, McEachern (August lU) : From July 6 to 11 six localities in 
STATEMENT Georgia, and from July 12 to 23 seven localities in South Carolina, 
were visited to investigate the distribution and amount of hopper 
injury. The only pronounced injury found was at Jefferson, Ga. , 
and in Anderson County, S. C Slight injury was noted in Fulton, 
DeKalb, and Barrow Counties, Ga„ , and in Pickens, Greenville, 
Florence, Fairfield, and Kershaw Counties,, S. C. The injury appeared 
absolutely identical with that Sound in Texas. 
Mississippi Clay Lyle (July 30) : The cotton flea, '•■hich caused serious loss 
irt Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina last year, was recently found 
in Mississippi for the first time, when D. W. Grimes, Assistant 
Entomologist of the State Plant Board, collected specimens of this 
insect on two farms in Washington County, One farm was south of 
Greenville and the other north of Leland so that they were about 15 
miles apart. Only one specimen was found on each farm, as they are very 
hard to collect but P., W. Horned expresses the opinion that this 
insect may bo widely distributed in the State already. 
The so-called "fleas" are so small and active that they are not 
easily seen. The typical injury caused by these pests is much more 
noticeable than the insects themselves. In the two Washington 
County fields the injury was exactly similar to that reported from 
Texas, South Carolina, and Georgia last year, Usually the affected 
plants grow very tall and put on practically no limbs or fruit. This 
habit of growth is very characteristic, though plants are occasionally 
stunted or dwarfed. by this pest. 
