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land, on September 23 and October 3, where they were 

 attracted by the acetylene light. 



In this connection Doctor Howard stated that he and Dr. K. 

 Escherich, of Tharandt, captured an apparently fresh female 

 of the cotton moth on the window of a parlor car going into 

 Chicago on the afternoon of September 25. He also stated 

 the following instances of northern distribution for this au- 

 tumn had come to him in his general correspondence: 



Through the summer reports of damage by the larvae 

 came frequently from various parts of the South. 



September 15, they were reported as ruining the cotton at 

 Norfolk, Virginia. (T. C. Johnson.) 



September 16, the moths were sent in from Romney, West 

 Virginia, where they had been damaging peaches. (J. J. 

 Cornwell.) 



September 22, they were sent in from Lookout Mountain, 

 Tennessee, where their occurrence in the house in numbers 

 had alarmed the housekeeper. (Mrs. M. W. Gill.) 



September 25, they were captured at Indiana, Pennsylvania, 

 under an arc light, and sent to the Bureau. (G. W. Sloop.) 



September 26, they were reported from Cincinnati, Ohio, as 

 damaging ripe fruit, especially peaches, so that it was neces- 

 sary to pick the fruit in order to save it. (J. Benckenstein.) 



September 28, reported from Agate, Nebraska, as swarming 

 about the lamps by thousands and being very annoying in 

 houses. (S. D. C. Bassett.) 



September 29, they were sent in as congregating about the 

 arc lights in Cumberland, Maryland. (J. G. Lyon, Jr.) 



The same date, they were received from Indianapolis, Indi- 

 ana. (B. W. Douglass.) 



The same date, from Richmond Hill, Long Island, New 

 York. (W. A. Bernhard.) 



September 30, Keokuk, Iowa, hundreds of the moths col- 

 lected on windows and telegraph poles. (J. M. Shaffer.) 



October 2 and 5, they were reported in occurring in mills at 

 South Haven, Michigan. (H. Haupt, Jr.) 



October 10, reported as occurring in the streets in New York 

 City, Yonkers, Brooklyn, and Newark, and as occurring in 

 numbers in the upper stories of tall buildings. (Theo. Mead.) 



