The status ofRhinacloa forticornisReuter, the brown mirid of Sea Island cotton in Barbados is discussed. Unsprayed cotton had higher sweepnet catches of mirids and had retained fewer fruiting forms than sprayed cotton. Photographs show the damage circumstantially attributed toR. forticornisin the match-head, flared square, flower bud, flower and boll stages; there is no leaf tattering. A field of unsprayed cotton matured very few bolls in the presence of large numbers of mirid although some of the Sea Island plants and wild cotton appeared to be resistant to mirid attack/damage. Early instars were definitely phytophagous, but the predatory habits of later stages reported elsewhere could not be confirmed. Early shedding delays crop formation and this should be prevented by spraying although control is usually obtained as a result of spraying against other pests.