44 INDEX. 



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King bolls, high boll weevil mortality 15 



King cotton, observations recorded 1 0, 1 1 , 1 2, I :^~^ 5, 1 S, '22, 24-2(), 27-28, 33 



Korean cotton, observations recorded 11 , 1 2, 23 



Laboratory work, beginning 7 



Largns KUccinctuK, i)r()bably inciting iiroliferatii m 29 



Legnnunos;e, proliferation 38 



L('pto(//ufisiis oppositvK, probably inciting proliferation 29 



pjii/llopns, inciting proliferation 29 



zonntits, probably inciting proliferation 29 



Lock, unit of observation in bolls 9 



Mascot cotton, observations recorded 1 0, 22 



Maximum infestation, not greatly delayed 1 ly proliferation 28 



M(»chanical action of proliferation explained 37 



effect of proliferation 36-37 



Mesquite, proliferation 38 



Methods of studying proliferation 9 



Mit Atiti cotton, observations recorded 10, 11, 22, 33 



Mortality, average increase from proliferation. Shine and King 13-14, 25 



from proliferation, influenced little by climatic conditions 16 



somewhat constant factor 14, 16 



increased by proliferation 14, 18-20, 26-28, 39 



during severe attacks 25-26 



normal, occurring without reference to pi-olife ration 14, 16-17, 39 



varied by climatic conditions 1 6-17, 39 



not esj^ecially increased in ' ' short season ' ' varieties 25 



percentage higher in Shine than in King 25 



range in bolls 28 



squares 28 



slightly increased by fertilization of soil 21 



Native cotton, observations recorded 10, U, 19, 22, 23, 24-26, 33 



Natural factors, insufficient for control of boll weevil 40 



Nezara hilaris, inciting proliferation , 29 



Nicholson cotton, observations recorded 10, 11, 18, 23 



Normal mortality, effect of climatic conditions 16-17, 39 



Oviposition, stimulating proliferation in squares 21-26 



Pachon cotton, observations recorded 10, 1 1, 12, 23 



Parker cotton, .observations recorded 10, 22 



Peas, proliferation 38 



Pentaioma ligata, inciting proliferation 29 



Peppers, proliferation 38 



Poisoning, not effect of proliferation 35-36 



Proliferation, botanical aspects not here considered 2, 8 



causes 35 



definition of term 8 



effect on natural control of weevil 40 



weevil stages 36-37 



evolutionary significance 40 



first published record 7 



function 38 



general appearance 8 



greater in Egyptian than in Upland varieties 10, 24 



in both plant and animal cells 8 



in ])iants other than cotton 38 



