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MISCELLANKOUS COTTON INSECTS. 



The pupal stao-o is passed in a folded leaf, which is drawn together 

 with a few strands of silk and which is attached to the stalk or under 

 some shelter. 



As yet injury by this species has been local, and rarely has any 

 consideral)le anioiuit occurred year after ^ear in the same fields. This 

 is und<)ul)tedly due to the exceeding-ly effective work of the parasites. 

 Should remedial measures be desired, thorouolily dusting- or spraying 

 the foliage of the young plants with Paris green or other arsenical 

 will doubtless result in killing many of the 3'oung larvae as they feed 

 somewhat upon the foliage in the same manner as the true bollworm. 



Par(ixifef<. — As noted above<„the June caterpillars are so thoroughly 

 parasitized that it is difficult to rear adults from larv;v taken from the 

 tields. Were it not for this good work of the parasites the insect 

 would be a most serious enemy of the planter. Practicalh^ all of the 

 parasites l)red were Apcni/e/rs r((r(hilcol(( Pack., but one lot of cater- 

 pillars was parasitized by J\L4<i(loutla (iiiKvna Sa}^ which Doctor Ash- 

 mead states is "a rare species long lost to science." 



THE COTTON-BOLL CUTWORM. 



(I'rodcnht (iniitluKjalU <Jnen. Figs. 24 and L'o.) 



The larva of this species was conunonly observed in north Texas 

 feeding upon the foliage of the young cotton plants, and later boring- 

 into the bolls in the same manner as does the bollworm. The species 

 was under study throughout the season at Terrell, and the data con- 

 cerniup- its life historv are given in the following table: 



(I One moth emerged. 



