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the seedbeds or recently set in the field, but a small plantation of 
hot peppers, which had been carried through the summer, had a heavy 
infestation j about 65 percent of 'the peppers being infested. 
,..-.:- , . . . . _ BEETS 
HAWAIIAN BEET WEBWORM ( Hymenia fascialis Gram. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (October 26): Present in small 
numbers in spinach at Norfolk but has not caused much damage. 
Texas. J. N. Roney (October 22): Abundant on beets, completely destroying 
the foliage on untreated areas where the crop was not dusted in Galves- 
ton County. First appeared in 'July. This pest has practically eliminated 
planting of beets as a fall crop in Galveston County. 
. - : ■ . BEET LEAFHOPPER ( Eutettix tenellus Bak. ) 
Texas. :M.;J. Janes (October 25): Light migration of beet leafhoppers into 
the Winter Garden area began October 8. ''One female taken on 300 square 
feet of spinach where the leafhoppers were absent during the summer 
months. Survey indicates that only a smali population exists in summer 
breeding grounds to the northwest. 
; • ■ ■•■ •;..•,..••.■ TOBACCO 
TOBACCO WORM ( Protoparce qu inquemaculata Haw. ) 
Connecticut. A. W. Morrill, Jr. (October): In the Connecticut River' Valley 
these insects usually appear in grecter numbers on thesuckers, which are 
of no commercial importance, than- on tobacco plants before harvest. This 
season, however, : was lrte and much d c mrge was done before harvest. Even 
on suckers the attack is 'said 'by growers to be the worst in 43 years. 
COTTON INSECT'S 
' . . J30LL WEEVIL; ( Anthonomus grand is Boh. ) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman .and W. C. Nettles, (October 16): Unusual number 
in spring, population high throughout the season, but heavy infestations 
were spotted and worse in the eastern section, where loss was severe on 
some farms . 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp '(August 20): The boll weevil, rather scarce a month ago, 
... . increased rapidly at Fort Valley, central Georgia, during the last 2 weeks, 
with frequent rains, and the infestation now is moderate, although the 
crop is about made. .Some damage is still being done. ' ■ ■ 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (October 25): Not a sicgle specimen of the boll 
