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Florida, F. ; S. ■ Chamber 1 in (August): Hornworns, P. sexta Johan. , are found 
in Gadsden County in occasional fields of sun-grown tobacco in which 
the stalks are still standing. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 3) J The tobacco worms, P. sexta and 
P. quinquonaculata Haw. , have done considerable damage in Henry and 
Weakley Counties. 
MUSHROOMS 
MITES ( Tarsonemus spp. ) 
Maryland. P. F. Smith (September 30):' In the spring of 193o T. floricolus 
C. & F. was found in spawn from the mushroom bods at Beltsville. The 
mites occurred rarely, and did no apparent damage. Three generations were 
reared in the laboratory. (Det. by H. 2. Ewing) 
Pennsylvania. A. C. Davis (September 29): A mite, Tarsonemus sp. , is doing 
a groat deal of damage in a commercial mushroom house near Toughkenamon, 
Chester County. The mites ara so numerous that they look like brown 
powder on the caps of the mushrooms., They chew the feeder ro^ts, causing 
the mushrooms to die, and also eat holes in the caps. A house near 
Oxford, Chester County, has been reported to be similarly infested. 
COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grand! s Boh. ) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (September 25): Many sections of the State show 
heavy weevil infestation; other sections are lightly infested. 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy (September 5): The late cotton at Florence that 
has not been poisoned is now overrun with weevils. The poisoned cotton 
is still in full bloom. (September 26): Cotton is taking a second 
growth and weevils are increasing, but the number in the fields is still 
below normal. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (September 9).* T he boll weevil is numerous on cotton 
at Experiment. 
P. M. Gilmer (September 5): At Tifton the infestation has continued 
to increase slowly in Upland cotton. In Sea Island cotton practically 
1^0 percent of the squares are now attacked in the imprisoned fields. 
Where squaring is still in progress a majority of the squares are n r 
attacked and injury in imprisoned fields is becoming rather serious. 
It is doubtful whether many of the unopened bolls will mature. (September 
26): Breeding has apparently almost ceased. Fall movement seems to be 
well under way. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 3): J. C. Moser reports that ho has not 
ard of or seen any boll weevil in Tennessee this year. 
