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TOBACCO BUDWORM ( Heliothis virescens Fab. ) 
Georgia A, C> Morgan through T. E. Holloway (July 10): This pest is 
very general around Tift on. 
Louisiana T» H, Jones (June 21): During a visit to the Perique tobacco 
section, St. James Parish, larvae were noted to be common, 
especially on shoots that had come up from plants in fields 
already harvested. The county agent believes this to be the 
most important insect pest of tobacco in this section, 
TOBACCO SUCKFLY ( Dicyphus minimus Uhler) 
Florida F. S« Chamberlin (July lU) : This insect is very abundant at 
present. The tobacco crops were harvested in time to prevent 
damage, 
A 7IEB'»70RM ( Acrolophus popeanellus Clem,) 
Tennessee A, C, Morgan (June 21): Damage occurred in only a few fields. 
The infestation in the worst fields ran as high as SO per cent, 
H&iTwGFilS ( Protoparce spp, ) 
Louisiana T, H, Jones (June 21): During a visit to the Perique tobacco 
section, St, James Parish, hornworms of various sizes were 
noted to be fairly common, P, sexta was more numerous than 
P» nuinquemaculata . The county agent reports that hand-picking 
is the only remedy used, though the larvae cause severe injury 
in some fields during some years. 
RICE 
RICE STALK-BORER ( Chilg ple.iadellus Zinck. ) 
Louisiana J, W« Ingram (June 26): Both the larvae and pupae of the rice 
stalk-borer have been found in the tall grass, commonly called 
"bull grass, growing near the rice fields at Crowley, No stage 
of the borer has been found in the rice fields up to this time, 
SUGAR-CANE BORER (Diatraea saccharalis Fab, ) 
Louisiana J, W. Ingram (July 20) : I visited a field of headed rice 2 
miles west of Rayne, The field was about 1 per cent infested 
with moth borers, The borers were more numerous in the rice 
on the higher land and on the levees. No rice stalk-borer were 
found in this field. 
