2 5$ 
193^. This is compared to 19S out of 2S.000 installed in the fall of 
1933, and 22 out of 35,000 installed in the fall of 1932. Weevils are 
just now beginning to make their appearance in the fields. In one field 
at Eu£aula, we failed to find any weevils on June 6. On June 10 they 
were fotmd at the rate of 10 per acre, and on the 12th at the rate of 
75 per acre. In Okmulgee County they average 80 per acre. In Atoka 
County only one field examination was made and weevils averaged 280 per 
acre. In McCurtain County they varied from 20 to 330 per acre. 
Texas. H. J. Reinhard (June 22): Weather has continued to "be very favorable 
for boll weevil multiplication throughout central and southern Texas. 
In some fields situated near woods or other favorable hibernation quar- 
ters 50 percent of the suqares have been punctured. 
E. P. Ewing and R. L. McGarr (June 22): Infostation records made 
in two fields in Calhoun County show an average of k6.k percent of the 
squares punctured by the boll weevil. These fields probably represent 
the maximum infestation in the county, as they are located close to 
woods in a creek bottom. However, weevils and punctured squares are 
very noticeable in many fields in the open prairie. 
BEET ARMYWORM ( Laphygma exigua Hbn. ) 
Texas. H. J. Reinhard (June 22): On June 3 the beet armyworm was reported 
as seriously damaging alfalfa and cotton in Reeves County. Sweetclover 
and several other crops were also attacked. 
New Mexico. J. S. Brock (June 3) J The beet armyworm is doing considerable 
damage to young cotton, Indian corn, alfalfa, and garden and truck 
crops in the irrigated valleys of New Mexico. The first appearance of 
the armyworm was reported in the Mesilla Valley about May 20. Part of 
the young cotton crop is being replanted and various poisons are being 
used in an effort to control the pest, 
Arizona, T, C. Barber (May 29): On May 27 a survey was made in the neighbor- 
hood of Safford and it was found that a little green worm (probably the 
beet armyworm), which has recently been very active in the various cotton 
districts, had inflicted damage generally to the seedling cotton. In 
most cases this injury had not materially reduced the stand, but the 
cotton had been frequently set back at least a week or 10 days in recover- 
ing from the injury. The invasion of the worms was apparently almost 
ended, as considerable searching was necessary to find a few specimens 
for our collection. This contrasted with conditions of the preceding week, 
when several of the worms in all sizes could be found in every group of 
seedlings. In only one case was absolute destruction of the cotton stand 
reported, one man stating that he was going to have to replant Ho acres. 
In several cases the stand appeared to be materially injured, but in 
many cases the terminal buds of the seedlings were uninjured, and in the 
course of time would produce fresh foliage. 
