Feb. 7,1916 
Further Studies on Peanut Leaf spot 
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Table IV records the results of an examination of 36 of the 75 insects 
collected. The remainder of the record is not given, since it would add 
nothing which is not indicated in this tabulated portion. 
Table IV .—Record of examination of insects for conidia of Cercospora personata 
No. 
Name of insect. 
Date of 
collec¬ 
tion. 
Locality. 
Number of 
conidia of 
Cercospora 
personata. 
On 
In 
body. 
feces. 
1 Grasshopper, 
a .do. 
Aug. 10 
14 
Eutaw, Ala. 
_do....... 
8 
J 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
zo 
XI 
Roasting-ear worm 
(Heliothis obso- 
leta). 
Grasshopper. 
,.,..do. 
,....do. 
_do. 
. ...do. 
_do. 
Firefly ( Chaulio- 
gnathus sp). 
Grasshopper. 
14 
do 
a 
16 
16 
16 
26 
26 
26 
26 
.do 
.do 
.do, 
.do, 
.do, 
.do, 
.do, 
4 
1 
5 
4 
6 
3 
3 
Sept. 6 
Auburn. Ala, 
1,250 
12 
do 
13 .do 
14 .do, 
7 .....do 
8 .do, 
8 .do 
0 o 
10 
o 
8 
13 
15 .do 
16 .do 
8 .do 
9 .do 
o o 
o 18 
17 
18 
19 
20 
ai 
32 
_do. 
_do. 
Roasting-ear worm 
(Heliothis obso- 
leta .) 
Lady beetle (Me- 
gill a maculata). 
Roasting-ear worm 
(Heliothis obso¬ 
lete). 
_.do. 
9 .do 
9 .do 
9 .do, 
o 250 
o 200 
o 1,050 
9 .do 
8 o 
10 
do 
o 50 
10 
do 
o 17 
23 
24 
35 
do 
do, 
do 
10 
10 
10 
do 
do 
do 
36 
27 
28 
29 
_do. 
_do.. 
_do. 
Blister beetle ( Epi - 
cauta vittata. 
10 
10 
10 
10 
do, 
do 
do 
do 
o 17 
o 28 
o 25 
o 27 
Other fungi. 
Species of Alter- 
naria, Helmin- 
thosporium,and 
Fusarium. 
2,500 conidia of 
Hilminthospo - 
rium Ravenelii. 
Fusarium, Alter- 
naria. 
Species of Fusa¬ 
rium and Alter- 
naria. 
Remarks. 
No note was made of 
the occurrence of 
Cercospora person¬ 
ata or other organ¬ 
ism in feces. 
Seven insects were 
placed in a flask 
and within a half 
hour after their 
capture they were 
examined. By agi¬ 
tating them in 25 
c. c. erf water 
conidia from the 
surface of the bod¬ 
ies and from the 
feces are included. 
No determination of 
conidia on bodies 
was made. 
Single fecal discharge. 
Total number ot co¬ 
nidia contained in 
three fecal dis- 
' charges. Thepres- 
enceof conidia upon 
the bodies was not 
determined. 
Two fecal discharges 
were examined. 
