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Thrips t abaci L» were plentiful on onion plants in the Salt 
River Valley, 5 to 10 miles west of Phoenix, but damage was 
not noticeable. 
PEPPER 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthonomus eugenii Cano) 
California Monthly News Letter, Los Angeles County Horticultural 
Commission, Volume 11, No* 2, February 15: A recently completed 
survey of pepper fields in Los Angeles County, conducted by 
the Los Angeles County Horticultural Commissioner's Office, has 
shown practically all of the old plants to have been plo-ed 
under as a pepper weevil control measure. This prodedure is in 
accordance with recommendations of Federal Entomologists. 
SOUTHERN FIELD -CROP INSECTS 
COTTON 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grand is Boh. ) 
Louisiana W. E. Hinds (February 23): Boll weevils have begun emerging 
from our hibernation cages at Baton Rouge. The first of these 
weevils were found active on the screens on February 11. Of 
course, no cotton is planted yet in the State and such early 
emerging weevils must either rehibernate or die within a few 
weeks . 
A CERAliBYCID BEETLE ( Ataxia crypt a Say) 
Texas F, L. Thomas (February 20): We have had many complaints in 
the late fall and during the winter of cotton stalk borers 
( Ataxia crypta ) in cotton that had been killed or injured by 
root rot. 
PINK BOLL WORM ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. ) 
Haiti R. S» Smith (February 2 2): The pink boll worm has been found. 
by actual counts of large numbers of bolls from several varieties 
of cotton; to be especially scarce this year. The actual infesta- 
tion will be less than 1 per cent. We do not have sufficient 
material to carry on our work. 
COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabama ar^illacea Hbn. ) 
Haitl R. C* Smith (February 22): The cotton leaf worm is in the 
dormant stage now, but the generations are proceeding nicely 
in our cages, ,/e have half-grown larvae of the eighth generation 
