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COTTON APHID ( Aphis gossypii Glov. ) 
South Carolina. P. P. Bondy (July ?h)i In ■ Florence County -one field that had 
"been poisoned showed a heavy aphid infestation. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (July 20): Aphids are numerous at Experiment on the 
growing points of cotton hut do not seem to be harmful. 
W. L. Lowry (July 2h) : With the advent of hot weather/ cotton 
aphids seem to have disappeared almost entirely in Lowndes and Echols 
Counties. 
Mississippi. G. L. Bond (July 23): Several fields of cotton at Moss Point 
heavily infested with the cotton aphid during the last 10 days. 
E. W. Dunnam (July 2*0 : Aphid population increasing in one field 
in Washington County. 
Texas. K. P. Ewing (July 2H): In Calhoun County aphids have caused practically 
no damage in any of the dusted cotton. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG ( Lygus pratensis L. ) 
Tennessee. D. M. Simpson (July 8): In 1935 we practically had a crop failure, 
owing to damage from tarnished plant "bugs. We have a heavy "infestation 
of those insects again around Knoxville and a large percentage of the 
plants are practically devoid of squares. The insects are abundant in 
nearby fields of soybeans and lespedeza, also in weeds and grass. On 
a recent visit to western Tennessee several farms were visited in Pay- 
ette County near Somerville. On every farm damage similar to that at 
Knoxville was noted and tarnished plant bugs were found in the fields. 
Louisiana. R. .C. Gaines (July 2^) : Sweepings made in different cotton fields 
in Madison Parish during the last few weeks have shown only small 
numbers. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Ponton (July 20): The tarnished plant bugs are injuring squares 
in several widely scattered sections of Oklahoma, notably in Sequoyah 
and Okfuskee Counties. 
CONCKUELA ( Chlorochroa ligata Say) 
Texas. A. J. Chapman (July 17): Conchuelas are appearing in noticeable numbers 
in the fields at Presidio. 
A CORN SILK BEETLE ( Luperodes sp.) 
Mississippi. Miss. Weekly Cotton Insect Rpt. (August 2): The most serious 
complaints of insect damage during the last week came from Noxubee County, 
where the corn silk beetle was reported causing severe injury to cotton 
squares and young bolls on many farms. • 
