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nated the first cutting. Parasites later in the season almost ccmpletelj 
d e s t roye d the aphid s . 
PEPPER WEEVIL. 
Toward the end of March, the pepper weevil (hr thon omus eugenii 
Gano 1 did con: hie 5 i ge in County, Calif. The late sprin, 
delayed t3 - . ace 03 these , . ; in Orange County. The first 
evil to be observed was seen on July 1, and by the middle' of the month 
the weevils wen well distributed ever the pepper fields of Orange County. 
Weevils were fourn lis sunnier on a single place near Douglas and approx- 
imately 1 1/2 miles north of the united States-Mexico boundary. Infest 
tions averaged 1 weevil or more per pepper plant. There were indications 
of weevil infestations on adjacent places north from Douglas in Sulphur 
rings Volley. 
: B IRRY PRUIT ' . ... 
A verj serious infestation of raspberries by the raspberry fruit 
worm ( iyturus u nicolor 3sy) developed in the raspberry and loganberry 
canning districts of ' ashington State. This infestation became so in- 
tense that the fruit was rejected at the canneries and many growers 
stopped pickin . 
■^ 01 l o. r +.-j. . . ■.: . a l. 
.About the middle of Febru -ry the cotton flea hopper ( ?s alius 
seriatu s Reut.) began to emerge at College Station, Tex., arid by the mid- 
dle of March this insect i r the i I rge numbers in this 
locality. During late Marc] nd t .1 a .tching throughout 
Louisiana and considerable injury .a:, anticipated. During the latter 
month it was observed b] t tj re ' are practic< lly no infestations in the 
lower Rio Grande ' T i ■•• .u Corpus Christi, in Texas. 
7 these insects were observed to be hatching in moderately large 
numbers in bl 3 Piedmont . out] Jarolina, and during June sor.e 
injury was reported from parts of North Carolina. Late ir June and early 
in July there was oil. i louth !arolina a>;d similar light infes- 
tations vere observed i Nor 1 oiina and Georgi t bhat time. A litil 
more intense i (stations ere observed in parts of Tennessee, while over 
the cotton bolt no fas reported". 
■COTTON" LE 
.The co i . :' worm ( Alabama . r^ai dcci i'lubn. ) was decidedly 
or than usual In its 'invasion of ted S: tea b] is.'year. It 
.red the cotton belt so late Little a mage resulted from the 
feeding of the larvae, nd t] a feeble northern flighl - attempted, 
little dam ge . s done to fruit in, rn St too. 
