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COY/PEAS 
C07PE£ OJRCULIO ( Chalcodermus aeneus Boh.) 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (August 29). "Cowpea-pod weevil seems to be more 
abundant than usual* Reports of serious damage to cowpeas have 
beeiift received from Adams, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lauderdale, 
Pontotoc, and Wayne Counties." 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (July 11). "Mr. T. H. Casonova, county agent of 
Vermillion Parish, reports that this insect is doing some 
damage in his parish." 
BEAN LEAF-BEET IE ( Cerotcma tr if urea t a Foerst. ) 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (July 12). "Serious damage to the foliage of cow- 
peas growing in cornfields noted in Lafourche Parish." 
T. H. Jones. "Mr. C. B. Gouaux, engaged in extens ion work in 
agriculture for Louisiana State University, reports that ^hile 
on a recent trip he found this insect causing severe damage to 
cowpeas in cornfields in the Paincourtville, NapoleonviLle, 
and Franklin sections." 
SOUTHERN GREEN PI/ NT-BUG ( Nezara viridula L. ) 
Louisiana T. H. Jones. "Mr. C. B. Gouaux reports that he found all stages 
of this insect very numerous on cavpeas in the cornfields in the 
Paincourtville, Napoleonvill e, and Franklin districts. " 
VELVET BEAN 
VELVET BEAN GA TERPILLAR ( Anticarsia gemma til is Htibn. ) 
Florida (Special Report No. 16). "Reports have just been received from 
Mr. J. R. Vfttson and Mr. Jeff Chaff in that the velvet bean cater- 
pillar has just appeared in central and northern Florida. Adults 
were first observed at Cocoa in 3revard County on August 15 and at 
Gainesville in Alachua County on August 16- From previous ob- 
servations this insect should be expected to reach southern 
Georgia by September 1 and southern South Carolina by September 10. 
This insect is a serious pest to the velvet bean throughout 
Florida and southern Georgia and, though the moths in their an- 
nual flight have been recorded as extending as far north as south- 
ern New York, it is not recorded as a serious pest of any other 
forage crop." 
MISCELLANEOUS CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
New York G. E. Smith (July 23). "As early as July 16, grasshoppers were be- 
coming very abundant in most sections of Orleans County and doing 
considerable damage to oats at Barre; about 50 per cent of the oats 
were destroyed in one field and com and bean fields were being 
badly damaged. " 
