85 



Riley. C. V.— Idem. -iUi Rep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 129. Tachina 

 anomjma bred from this species and from se-veral others. 



Glover, Townend. — Idem. Rep. Com. Agriculture, 1871, p. 

 84. Reported injurious from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 

 and Arkansas. 



LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. Entomological Contributions, IV., 52, 

 53. Occurence and habits in Patagonia. 



French. G. H.— Idem. 7th Rep. St. Ent. III. pp. 102-106, 

 231-233. Daniiiged ears of growing FNOfAN cohn in southern 

 Illinois. The author confirms Prof. Riley's statements of in- 

 jury. Proposes early planting, topping corn, and fall plow- 

 ing as remedies. Gives specific characters of larva, chrysalis, 

 and moth. 



CoMSTOCK, J. Henry. — Idem. Rep. on Cotton Insects, pp. 

 287-315. The most complete article that has been written 

 on this insect, giving extent of injuries; nomenclature; 

 georaphical distribution ; food plants ; description of egg, 

 larva, chrysalis, and moth; number of broods; influence of 

 weather ; parasites, and artificial remedies. 



Claypole, E. W. — Idem. Amer, Ent. III., 278. An account 

 of this worm's feeding upon ripened kernels of Indian corn 

 in Ohio. 



Coquillet, D. W.— Idem. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 150. 

 Figures and larval description. Feeds on Indian corn, liv- 

 ing within the husks August to November. 



Moffat, J. Allston. — Idem. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1881, p. 

 30. Occurrence in Ontario. Habits and distribution. 



Johnson, Lawrence. — Idem. Rep. Com. Agriculture, 1881, pp. 

 150-152. 97 per cent. Indian corn affected in roasting-ear 

 stage in Mississippi. Solitary habits ; dates of occurrence ; 

 identity with boll worm ; artificial remedies and natural ene- 

 mies. 



LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. 1st Rep. Ins. N. Y., pp. 116, i'26, figs. 

 27, 28. First appearance as an inji:rious insect in New York. 

 Description of caterpillar and moth. Carnivorous. Habits 

 of caterpillar. Food plants. Distribution. Operation as a 

 corn worm ; method of attacking corn. Occurrence in New 

 York. Remedies. Benefits from destroying first brood. 



French, G. H.— Idem. 11th Rep. St. Ent. 111., pp. 82-104. 

 Treated as a boll worm, as a corn worm, and as a tomato 

 worm. Minute descriptions of egg, larva, chrysalis, and 

 moth. Parasites. Climatic influence. Remedies: early plant- 

 ing, topping Indian corn, tall varieties of corn, fall planting, 

 poisoning, hand-picking, rotation of crops, and destroying 

 the moth. 



Riley, C. V. — Idem. Rep. Com. Agriculture, 1881, pp. 145- 

 149, pi. I, and pi. xu, fig. 1. States this insect to be one of 

 the most wide-spread and injurious of the farmers' pests, 

 doing extensive injury to Indian corn in the more northern 

 States in 1881. Treats it with reference to its food plants 

 other than cotton. 



