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time of petal fall the third week in March. 
The vegetable weevil was found this spring in Texa.s 300 miles rest 
of any known previous infestation and also at Jacksonville, Fla., which is 
east oi the known infested area in that State. 
High winter mortality of the Mexican bean beetle was reported from 
Delaware and Ohio. 
Heavy infestation of the cabbage anhid was- recorded from Mississippi, 
with light infestations northward through Georgia to southern Virginia. 
From Louisiana to South Carolina boll r- eevils were still in hiberna- 
tion at the end of March and present indications ^oint to a low survival 
in this region. In Texas, however, they were active during the entire 
month. 
Heavy emergence of cotton flea hopper is reported from Texas. 
Fink bollvorm emergence began the third week in February in the 
State of Durango, Mexico. This insect has thus far carried over in rather 
large numbers in the soil in the vicinity of Fresidio, Tex. All cotton 
fields examined in Puerto Rico were found to be lightly infested with this 
pest. 
Fall cankerworm was generally prevalent throughout New England and 
the Kiddle Atlantic States, and spring cankerworm was active during the 
latter half of the month from Iowa and Missouri southward to Kansas and 
Oklahoma. 
Observations made this spring indicate that the screw worm fly was 
not able to pass the winter north of the southern two-thirds of Florida 
and the southern third of Texas. 
