38 BULLETIN NO. 3, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
My conclusion is that the southern belt of Texas, as high as 30° 
north latitude, offers Aletia a secure winter retreat, and that it there 
passes through its different stages under the influence of temperature; 
and although cotton is its preferred food, yet it is capable of being sus- 
tained upon other plants, selected by the instinct of the parent moth, 
until the incoming of cotton. 
The fact has been established that it was indigenous and perennial in ~ 
the Bahamas, and from my observation, and all information gathered 
in Texas, I think the same rule would apply there. 
Finally, regarding yourself as the highest authority upon this subject, 
as well as all others connected with your Department, I can reconcile 
your last utterance upon the hibernation of Aletia, as far as facts are 
concerned, with the theory advocated in this report and deducible from 
all information gathered in my recent visit to Texas. You say ‘there 
is nothing more fully established now than that the moth hibernates 
principally under the shelter of rank grass in the more heavily timbered 
portions of the South ;” and also that ‘‘ you had been able to obtain the 
moths during every month.” The only difference is a perpetuation of 
the cycle of transformation instead of a true hibernation in that latitude. 
I have the honor to be, with sentiments of high respect, 
Yours, truly, 
| E. H. ANDERSON. 
Prof. C. V. RILEY, Entomologist. 
