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H0RNW0RMS ( Prctoparce spp.) 
Florida. A. H. Madden (July 12): Larvae of P. sexta Johan. have "been nuch less 
abundant in Gadsden County than normal. Scarcity appears to be duo to 
the dry weather late in June and to the very efficient attacks of pre- 
daceous wasps, Polistes spp. 
Tennessee. L. B. Scott (July l6): P. sexta and P. qu inquenaculat a Haw. are 
causing moderate damage in Montgomery County. Continued dry weather 
has delayed emergence. The infestation is approximately normal. 
TOBACCO BUD770RM ( Heliothis virescens F. ) 
New York. N. Y. jState Coll. Agr. News Letter (July 26): In Nassau County a 
worm tentatively identified by Dr. Car ruth as the tobacco budworm has 
"been feeding on corn and various grasses in the Hicksville and Wantagh 
areas. This week it was found to have completely destroyed about 1 acre 
of Chinese cabbage. 
Florida. F. S. Chamberlin (July 12): The tobacco budworm is about normally 
abundant in Gadsden County. 
AN APHID ( Trifidaphis phaseoli Pass.) 
Connecticut. A. W. Morrill Jr. (July 6): Root aphid feeding on the roots of 
about a half an acre of sun-grown tobacco' at Windsor. The field had 
previously been used as a pasture. 
COTTON INSECTS 
PINK BOLL WORM ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. ) 
Texas. A. J. Chapman (July 10): Records made in 25 fields scattered over the 
Presidio Valley showed an average bloom infestation of 3*37 percent, as 
compared to 5«l6 last year. In some fields planted early to the eastern 
varieties of cotton, good crops of bolls are already set, and most of 
thir. will escape injury. 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Ant ho nonius grand is Boh. ) 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy (July 10): In the fields at Florence first-genera- 
tion weevils are emerging in large numbers. (July 2U) : Weevils are be- 
coming very numerous in many fields, some of which arc bare of blooms. 
Reports from adjacent counties indicate that weevils are causing more 
damage than they have for years, 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (July 20): Larvae and adults are very scarce in central 
Georgia having been reduced by dry weather from a light infestation, 
which was present early in the month. 
P. M. Gilmer (June 26): In the northern section nf the State from 
Macon, or possibly Perry, north and east the infestation is heavy. 
