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then with the fingers the base of the vines were rubbed thoroughly. 

 This was intended to crush the eggs, and it was ett'ective. The process 

 was twice repeated, and two or three larva> only escaped. The other 

 vines continued healthj' and free to date. Wliere i)hinting can be de- 

 ferred to July the vines will be free from borers, and this is the plan 

 adopted by some large growers. In small or garden patches, rubbing 

 the stems of the vines near base will prove effective and is a simple and 

 cheap remedy. Planting summer squashes as traps and destroying the 

 vines before the insects mature would also be a good way to avoid injury. 



Mr. Riley asked whether Mr. Smith had tried the ordinary method of 

 mounding the vines with ashes. 



Mr. Smith said that he had not, and that he thought that this prac- 

 tice would simi)ly oblige the moths to lay their eggs higher up the 

 stalk. 



Mr. Alwood said that he had found all cucurbitaceous plants quite 

 resistant against the injurious effects of kerosene, and inasmuch as he 

 had been successful against Diabrotica with kerosene emulsion, he 

 thought that this substance would be available against the borer. 



Mr. George F. Atkinson presented the following : 



NOTE ON A COTTON CUT-WORM. 



By G. F. Atkinson, Auburn, Ala. 

 [Secretary's abstract.] 



During the early part of July the author visited Greensboro, Ala., at 

 the request of a cotton planter who complained that great damage was 

 being done to the young cotton by worms. He found that an acre had 

 been entirely stripped and had been plowed under and replanted. He 

 found Noctuid larvai at the roots of 20 or 30 of the plants, which he sub- 

 sequently reared to the adult stage and proved to be Agrotis annexa. 

 Experiments with Paris green seemed to show that this insect could be 

 treated with this substance. He also found the larva? feeding on 

 Amarantus. 



NOTE ON A NEMATODE LEAF DISEASE. 



By G. F. Atkinson, Auburn, Ala. 



r Secretary's abstract.] 

 This worm had been found by Dr. Byron D. Halstead affecting the 

 leaves of Chrysanthemum and Coleu.s in New Jersey. It makes no swell- 

 ing or deformity as do many other Auguillulids, but causes a brown 

 patch upon leaves. Mr. Atkinson has determined this as a species of the 

 genus Aphelenchus. He entered into some details as to the distinguish- 

 ing characteristics between A])helenchus and Tylenchus, and sliowed 

 that this species is somewhat aberrant in the genus in which he has 

 placed it. 



