-22-. 
'occurrence of weevils at time of killing frost was decidedly 
irregular or spotted. Where they i^ere present in any considerable 
numbers, they uere likely to be decidedly abundant and in other 
localities very scarce* 
At Baton Rouge ye found weevils, far more abundant and easily 
obtained for our hibernation cage work than during the fall of 
1924. I believe that through the $tate as a -hole more weevils 
are in hibernation at this time than existed a year ago. 
Minimum winter temperatures for this year are some 10 degrees 
below those of 192U to 1925, but in no section except possibly 
the extreme northern portion has the temperature been low enough 
to destroy any unusual proportion of overwintering weevils thus 
far. 
Killing frosts occurred in central Louisiana about November 20, 
enabling boll weevils to enter hibernation completely after that 
time. Limited examinations of Spanish moss indicated that there 
is a high initial population in such shelter this season. 
B» R. Coad: To some it may seem early to start considering boll 
weevil prospects for 1926, but in reality ^e already have a 
very important index to what may be- expected. Everyone knows, 
of course, that the rate of survival through the winter is very 
definitely determined by the winter weather, but at the same 
time, it should also be remembered that the number of weevils 
actually entering hibernation in the fall is -probably of almost 
equal importance. There seems to be a rather general idea that 
owing to the light weevil damage + o the cotton crop of 1925 
there would be only a small number of weevils in hibernation at 
the present time. In past years this station hay of course 
devoted greatest attention to the early spring examinations for 
the purpose of determining weevils Thich have survived the 
winter, but in some past seasons fall records of weevils entering 
hibernation have been made. Recent observations indicate the 
great importance of these fall records* These have been concen- 
trated around Tallulah, Louisiana, being made en a series of 
about fifteen plantations within a radius of thirty miles of 
Tallulah. Table Number 1 summarises these records for past years 
as far as they are available. 
Table No, 1 
RECORDS FOR PAST YEARS ON WEEVILS ENTERING HIBER- 
NATION AT TALLULAH, LA. 
Yecr : 
Live Tie evils per 
Ten of Moss 
1915 : 
7V 
1916 : 
1T5 
1917 
: 137 
192^ 
22Q 
192U 
16 
From this it will be noted that in more or less normal years from 
130 to 200 weevils per ton of moss seem to represent an average 
