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"On both fields we were able to find cotton blossoms, numerous a 
and green bolls. Many squares showed typical egg punctures and young 
larvae and, no doubt, some larvae were maturing and emerging. There were 
also live pupae of the cotton leaf worm and one live moth was collected. 
Live adults of Lygus pratensis, Lygus apicalis, Graphocephala, Stic-— 
tocephala. and Diabrotica 12-punctata were numerous. *** Warm and rainy 
weather continued thrcughcut the mcnth of December and weevils were taken 
from the field screen traps during the last week of December." 

E. W. Dunnam, College Station, Tex., reporting cn the behavior of 
boll weevils when placed in hibernation cages with different types of 
shelter, notes that they showed greater promptness or readiness to go 
into the shelter containing Spanish moss. Cornstalks came next in this 
particular, and leaves seemed to be least attractive at the outset. 
"This, no doubt, was on account of the leaves being located much nearer 
the ground and * * * holding more moisture. * * * It should be remem 
bered that there has been no killing frost at this writing (December). 
On unusually warm days weevils were crawling on the sides of the cages, 
while on cool days they were quietly resting on the sides of the cages." 
F, A. Fenton submits a resume of cultural control experiments on 
the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) in 1930-31 by D. A. 
Isler and A. J. Chapman, jr., at Presidio, Tex. One of the important 
points brought out is the effect of the depth of plowing in the 6 plois 
in this series. In the plots which were not irrigated, the lowest sur- 
vival resulted from6—inch plowing, although survival was not much great— 
er from the 8-inch plowing. The 4-inch plowing, however, caused a very 
high survival. When the plots were irrigated immediately following plow— 
ing no survival was recorded from 8—inch plowing, and survival was rel- 
atively low and the same from the 4~-inch and the 6G-inch plowings." 
A; J. Chapman, jr., and L. W. Noble, Presidio, report that "The 
(pink boll worm) moth catch on the screens this year was considerably 
heavier than recorded for any previous year. The seasonal catch for 
all the screens was 631 moths. * * * The catch according to months was 
as follows: September, 3; October, 2265; November, 388; and December, 13. 
The last observation was made December 4. * * * Twenty-eight moths were 
caught in the trap facing up-wind, as compared to 13 facing down—wind. 
This indicated that most of the moths travel with surface winds. The 
average catch per screen from 1928 to 1951 was as follows: 1928, 3; 
Pets LOO," oO. 7; LIS) LLL. 3.4 ef 
A. J. Chapman, jr., andH. S. Cavitt report the results of a series 
of experiments at Presidio, beginning December, 1950, to determine the 
relation of soil type and soil moisture to the emergence of pink bel? 
worm moths from overwintering larvae in cotton bolls buried in the soil, 
These tests were made in 2—-gallon earthenware crocks, in each of which 
were placed 25 infested cotton bolls with an average of 3.94 
