182 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Elley, Charles V. The cotton- worm. Aletia xylitia Say, (pp. 152- 

 167 [92-107J, pi. 9). 



Au extract from the author's address on the cotton-worm (U. S. — Dcpt. 

 Agric. — Cotton convention held in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2, 1881 ; the address of Hon. 

 Geo. B. Loring, 1881), pp. 21-29; areprintof the author's " The cotton-worm. 

 How its ravages may be prevented " (New Orleans Times-Democrat, May 7, 

 1882) ; an illustrated description, by W. S. Barnard, of a machine for spraying 

 cotton plants from beneath; a summary [by J. R. Dodge] of damage don© 

 by Aletia xylina in 1881 ; a reprint of the author's " Possible food-plants fo» 

 the cotton-worm" (Amer. Nat. April 1882, v. 16, pp. 327-329); and an extract 

 from paper read by author at annual session of National Academy of Sciences, 

 May, 1882, on the hibernation of Aletia xylina. 



Miscellaneous insects (pp. 167-194 [107-134], pi. 8, fig. 1 ; pi. 



10, figs. 1-2 ; pi. 11, fig. 1 ; pi. 12, figs. 2-3 ; pi. 13 ). 



This contains the following sub-chapters : The urena auomis. Anomis crosa 

 Hiib. — The clover leaf-beetle, Phytonomus punctatns Fabr. — The vagabond 

 crambus, Crambus vulgivagellus Clem. — The wheat isosoma, Jsosoma tritici 

 Riley. — The sorghum web-worm, Nola sorgliiella, new species. — The catalpa 

 Sphinx, Sphinx catalpoc Bold. — The osage orange sphinx. Sphinx hageni Grote. 



The urena anomis. Anomis erosa Hiib. (pp. 167-170 [107-110,] 



pi. 8, fig. 1). 



Gives a detailed comparison of eggs of Anomis erosa and Aletia xylina ; fig- 

 ures and description of all states of the former species ; seasons, habits, and 

 food-plants of this insect. 



The clover leaf-beetle. Phytonomus punctatus Fabr. (pp. 171- 



179 [111-119], pi. 10, fig. 1). 



Mentions the food-plants and habits of the species of Phytonomus in Europe 

 and United States ; gives the civil and natural history, number of annual 

 broods, ravages, enemies, and geographical distribution of and means against 

 Ph. punctatus ; description and figures of eggs, larva (four stages), and pupa 

 of this species ; figures of imago and of injured plant ; and report, by E. A. 

 Schwarz, of observations on this insect in New York ; states that Hylesinus 

 trifolii seems to feed only on Trifolium pratense ; and that Coleoj^tera imported 

 from Europe are usually confined to the neighborhood of the Atlantic coast. 



The vagabond crambus. Crambus vulgivagellus Clem. (pp. 179- 



183 [119-123], p. 3 [167], pi. 10, fig. 2). 



This gives the civil and naturafl history of Cramhua vulgivagellus ; the habits, 

 ravages, and parasites of and means against this insect; a description and 

 figures of egg, larva, and imago; figures of cocoons and injured grass; a de- 

 scription of the pupa; and a list of articles written concerning this insect; 

 mentions similarity of the habits of Crambus warringtonellus of England to 

 those of C. vulgivagellus. 



The wheat isosoma. Isosoma tritici Eiley (pi3. 183-187, [123- 



127], pi. 12, fig. 3). 



Gives history of observations on Isosoma triciii ; and comparison of this spe- 

 cies with /. hordci and of the European I. linearl; its habits, ravages, parasites, 

 and number of annual broods, and means against it; gives list of articles 

 written concerning it ; states that the insect described by G. H. French as 

 Isosoma allynii is a Eupelmus, and perhaps parasitic on /. tritici; describes 

 Stectonotus isosomatis n. sp., parasitic on /. tritici. 



