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SUCKELY ( Dicyphus minimus Uhl.) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (August 26): There are serious infestations 
of tobacco suckfly on tobacco in .'Martin County. 
A T03ACC0 WORM ( Protoparce sp. ) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (August 25): Infestations of tobacco hornworm 
on late tobacco are the worst in more than 10 years. 
COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthononus grandis Boh. ) 
North Carolina. C, H. Brannon (August 10): Boll weevils are beginning to 
develop -in several sections of this State. (August 25): Infestations 
are quite severe in many sections, other sections showing very little 
danage. 
r-uth Carolina. F. E. Bondy and C. E. Rainwater (August 22): Boll weevils 
ore steadily increasing in numbers and are migrating from the old to 
the young cotton. (August 29): In the young cotton some fields increased 
from 6 to 50 percent in 1 week and much young cotton has stopped bloom- 
ing because of weevil damage. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer and P. A. Click. (August 15): Boll weevils 
are moderately numerous in up Land cotton and are increasing in Sea 
Island, the infestation being approximately 17 percent, as compared to 
about half that during the previous week. (August 22) : Cotton showing 
second growth is now beginning to produce small numbers of squares, 
almost 100 percent of which are injured. On Sea Island cotton the increase 
is causing some injury. On August 17 approximately 12.5 percent of the 
squares examined at Nashville showed ogf; punctures. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 19): In the cotton-growing districts of 
Tennessee very little cotton boll weevil has been found. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (August 13): Boll weevil infestation is increasing 
in central and southern Alabama, being IS percent at Auburn. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2U): Infestation in Mississippi has continued 
to be extremely light and cotton plants are blooming all the way to the 
top, indicating no damage. 
H. C. Young (August 15): Square infestation records made in 11 
fields near State College, ranged from 2.17 to 59»^7 percent, averaging 
20. U6 percent, as 1 compared with 13*67 percent the previous week. 
E. W. Dunnam and J. C. Clark (August 15-22): Boll weevils are 
becoming very scarce at Stoneviile. . 
