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J. a. Davis (September 30/: The cotton caterpillar/ A labama 
argillacea has "been an outstanding pest the past month. The 
first' heavy flight was observed throughout central Indiana, on 
September J, and between September 15 and 2U reports were 
received from Jeffersonville, Milford, Fillmore, Ladoga, Remington, 
Mitchell, LaPorte, Eokomo, Wabash, Oakland City, Bedford, and 
Campbell sburg. Damage wag especially noticeable to peach. A few 
reports indicated damage to graces and plums and in a few cases 
they were attracted to cracked apples. All reports show the pest 
to have been destructive for the past three years, each year with 
increasing damage. There is an insistent demand for control 
measurer. 
Illinois \7» P. Flint (September 20): Adults of this insect have been very 
abundant for the past two weeks, and have been reported feeding 
on fruit from many parts of the State. Defoliation of cotton 
"by the larvae was found to he quite general in some sections in 
southern Illinois in a recent survey made by S. C. Chandler- The 
moths have been reported feeding on apples, peaches, grapes, and 
tomatoes. 
Mississippi P., T7« Harned (September 17): The second generation ef the cotton 
leaf worm appeared throughout northern Mississippi about September 
1 and resulted' in the widespread defoliation of the fields, as 
very little poison ras applied. late cotton has suffered some 
injury. ¥. S» Jones, Inspector of Yazoo City, writes on September 
12 as follows: ,l A. bird's eye view of Yazoo, Humphries, Sharkey, 
and Issaquena Counties will show a r oomplete defoliation of cotton 
by the cotton leaf worm. There is one place in Yazoo County where 
the stench is so great that buzzards are collecting. This is due 
to the fact that a graded road cut off the march of the worms .to 
an extent that they are in such numbers that you can get shovels 
full." Cotton worm moths are reported attacking figs in several 
counties in the northern part of the State. 
Kansas J. W, McColloch (September 6): Heavy infestation; of the cotton leaf 
worm occur in the experimental plots at Harper and Manhattan, 
Many plants have been defoliated. At this time the worms are full 
grown and pupating, (September IS): The moths have injured peaches 
at Belleville and fruits generdljL'y at Solomon* (September 25): 
There has been a heavy migration of moths into the State the past 
few days. Injury is being reported to -ocaches, plums, pears, grapes 
and strawberries, 
H, B. Hungerford (September 25): Cotton-worm moths have been 
unusually abundant this year and have done considerable injury to 
the ripening fruit pf grapes .and peaches in eastern Kansas. The 
native pawpaws are being visited by thousands of these moths. 
Texas £. C. Bishopp (September ZJ): Throughout September many reports of 
the damage to fruit due to the feeding of cotton leaf worm 
moths were received at the Laboratory. The injury to figs was 
