246 Bulletin lYO. 



1813 Cocke, J. H. Mease's Archives of Useful Knowledge. III., 40-42. Same 

 account in American Farmer (1820) I., SoO. Good brief account of life- 

 history. Failed Avilh straw, but was very successful with tobacco 

 leaves. 



1820. " W. T.'" (Wash. D. C). The Plough Boy, I., 331. Brief account of life- 

 history. Counted 678 eggs in one female. 



1822. Thacher, J. American Orcha)-cUst, 19S. Brief account quoted from Mease 



(1803). 



1823. Say, T. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., III., 216. Original description of moth 



asexitiosa. Pupa and cocoon described. 



Worth, J. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., III., 217-221. Very good account of 

 the life-history of the insect; egg first described. A sensible discussion 

 of methods then recommended. Recommends a bandage of tow fol- 

 lowed by a soft soap or lime-wash. Same account in American Farmer, 

 IV., 395; and also in Mem. Bd. of Agr. of New York, III. (1826), p. 421. 



"Agricola" (N. Car.). American Farmer, V., 118. Brief account of 

 life-historj^ thought moths perforated bark to lay eggs. Quotes Til- 

 ton's experience with hot water, and also the recommendations of 

 Peters, Coxe and Cocke. 



Harris, T. W. Letters to Say and replies published in Psyche, VI. , 58, 60, 

 122, 123-24 (1891). Brief notice; proposed to call it persicm; bred from 

 cherry also. 



1824. Shotwell, W. American Farmer, VI., 14. Records the successful use of 



a lime mortar wash. 



Thomas E. American Farmer, VI., 37. Erroneous account of the life- 

 history; thought there were two broods. Briefly described the female 

 only as an Hymenopteron, Ai^is persica. Borers numerous on nursery 

 stock. Same account in New England Farmer, III., p. 12. 



Smith, J. American Farmer, VI., 324-25. Very good summary of 

 methods then recommended. Moths bred and submitted to Mitchell 

 and Say. Quotes Worth (1823) entire. 

 1825.' Say, T. American Entomology, II., pi. 19. Revision of original descrip- 

 tion of moths. Worth, Shotwell and Thomas freely quoted regarding 

 habits and methods of preventing. Fairly good colored figures of the 

 male and female moth, the cocoon and the pupa skin; these are the first 

 pictures of the insect ever published. 



In the LeConte edition of Say's writings, published in 1859. and in the 

 Foote edition of 1891, this article is reprinted on pages 36-42, pi. 19, 

 vol. I. 



Haines, R. American Farmer, VI., 401. Records success with sand in 

 mounds and in boxes or cases around trees. 

 1826. Harris, T. W. New England Farmer, Y I., ^^. Perhaps the best of the 

 earlier accounts. Many references and quotations from earlier writers. 

 Insect described ?i.9, pe'>'dc(v ; and the statement made that this name of 

 Barton has priority over Say's exitiosa. Recommendations of Worth, 



