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Rhode Island 
Georgia 
Chic 
T. H. Jones (Septprrber 13): Yesterday afternoon I was rather 
interested to see moins of the cotton oatercillar in some numbers 
on the outside of show windows and elsewhere about the streets near 
the railroad suoticn in Providence. I do not believe they were 
there en tie 11th or I would nave noticed their. 
J. k* Hyslop \.feptember 11^: Hundreds of moths are in my rrelon 
put on at Avans] . ("lusters of 6 and 10 on a single relon, wording 
in large gouged-out areas en the fruit extending completely to + he 
se^d cavity in sore cases; these were prooooly ir^de by poultry. 
] " ■ F. Turner ( September 5): Find scattered larvae one-half to 
three- fourths grown arid core numerous young larvae in most fields 
at Sheliman. No appreciable injury a-? yet. (September 16): 
Many fields stripped around the '''alley and Perry. Did net see any 
signs three weeks age. This insect carre into northern Georgia 
several weeks oefcre it got to middle Georgia tnis year. 
B. R. Coad (September 7^: The leaf worn is reported as having damag- 
ed cotton considerably in Tift en County. 
0. I. Snapp (Septemuer 7): Tie cotton worm was prevalent in prac- 
tically every cotton field en this date in the vicinity of Perry, 
and was doing consideraole damage in sore fields. (September l" 7 ): 
A cotton field ef about 40 acres was almost completely defoliated 
by the cotton worm near Fort Valley, This insect is mere abundant 
here this year than usual, and is doing considerable damage* 
G. A. Runner (September 22): Moths cf thl cotton leafi err. appeared 
in large numbers at Sandusky and en the Lale Trie Islands during the 
first week in September. Numerous reports were received of injury 
to ri-oened fruit in the Ottawa County oeach district. 
Indiana 
K. A. Gossard (September 13): The gotten moth came to the peach 
districts of northern Ohio :n a noteworthy flight September 3,4, 
ana D . 
?hev settled upon the peach or 1 .a.xs of Catawba Island and 
along the so ut h e rn L ak e shone, c aus ing oons?.de rah 1 e an.: ie t y j.v c ng 
the peach growers and doing a good mary hundred dollars worth of 
•.nes were puno' 
;ured 
damage. It is said that quite sound, 
by the moths and that those approaching ripening were badly dis- 
figured. 3y the ml cf the third d-v> practically all of the moths 
had disappeared,. 
J.J. Davis (September lo) : The cotton leaf caterpillar moth has 
been reported injuring peaches as far 
tn as r 
Tl 
injury 
e. The 
was especially conspicuous in the southern t hird of x he Stat 
finst reports were received September 6 and are continuing to core 
in at this date. 
E. A. Forcer- (September .11). Reports of injury tc ripe'peaches 
have been recevved from many po?nis in Knox, and Da-vi^ss Counties, 
The first report was on Septemuer 7. 
