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weevil has been reported as being taken in- the State this year. Gen- 
erally numbers not sufficient to cause injury are found in the latter 
part of August and early in September, 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (October 22): . The boll weevil has destroyed all of 
the late crop throughout central and southeastern Oklahoma. There are 
many times as many weevils in the fields in the southeastern quarter of 
the State as there were this time last year. 
Alabama. J. M. Robinson (October 20): The boll weevil is from scarce to 
moderately abundant at Auburn. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 23): Boll weevils are present in large numbers 
in cotton fields in all parts of the- State. An unusually large number 
will enter hibernation. 
COTTON LEAF WORM; ( Alabama argillacea -Hbn. ) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman and W. C. Nettles (October 16): We have known 
only one field that showed .noticeable damage. It was in the eastern 
part of the State. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (October. 21) : The cotton leaf worm has been' noticeably 
less abundant this fall at Fort Valley. then, usual. Only a few. specimens 
have been seen, and the insect has done no damage, 
Missouri. L. Haseman (October 4): We observed moths at Columbia on Septem- 
ber 27 for the first time this fall. Great numbers of them around apple 
pomace. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (October 22): Generally' present over the entire State, 
but most of the defoliation occurred in the southeastern part. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (October 23): Still present in the northern and western 
parts of the State but doing very little damage. 
Texas. J. N. Roney (October 22): Moths were attacking figs on September 1 in 
Galveston and Harris Counties. 
SOUTHERN GREEN STLNKBUG ( Nezara viridula L. ) 
Florida. H. C. Young (September 29): Approximately 70 acres of cotton 6 miles 
south of Jay was damaged. In one 40-acre field that had rec^iv^d 500 
pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre the yield was only 7 bales, or 
approximately 270 pounds of seed cotton per acre. The usual production 
on this land has been from 1,000 to 1,250 pounds per acre. Certain spots, 
several acres in size, did not produce enough cotton to wr rrant picking. 
In some spots the bolls wore not attacked until they were about mature 
and they are still hanging on the plants but were damaged so that they 
did not open. In other parts of the field only small bolls were to be 
found. The stinkbugs were so numerous they destroyed the crop before 
the bolls attained appreciable size. It is possible that some damage 
