4 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COTTON BOLL WEEVIIi. 



No. 22. Anon., 1909. — Boll weevil of two States. <Texas Stockman & Farmer, vol. 28, 

 No. 36, August 25. 



Brief statement regarding percentage of infestation in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana 

 and upon the effect of the dry, hot weather. 



No. 23. Anon., 1909. — Boll weevil status in Oklahoma. <Montlily Press Bulletin, 

 No. 6, Oklahoma State Board of Agricultmre, pp. 2-3, September. 



Brief statement of weevil status in Olilahoma and a plea for stalk destruction, by W. D. 

 Hunter, and comment upon fall destruction of stalks in Oklahoma. 



No. 24. Ashmead, W. H., 1902. — A new Bruchophagus from Mexico. <Pysche, vol. 9, 

 p. 324, March, 



Contains the description of Bruchophagus herrerx n. sp., a parasite of A nthonomus grandis, 

 from Coahuila, Mexico. 



No. 25. Attwater, H. P., 1903.— Boll weevils and birds. <Proc. 2nd Ann. Sess., 

 Texas Cotton Con v., pp. 89-92. 



A plea for the protection of birds. The separate includes some newspaper clippings re- 

 garding the destruction of boll weevils by birds. 



No. 26. B. , P., 1906. — El picudo del Algodon.<El Progreso de Mexico, ano 12, 



pp. 64, 74-75, 88-89, 99-101, 115-117, 131-132, January 30 to March 8. 



A brief outline is given of the work carried out by the Comision de Parasitologia during 

 1905 and the plan of work for 1906. The various methods of control are discussed at length. 

 These include the seed to be used, method of preparing the soil, planting, cultivation, use 

 of trap plants, shaking the weevils from the plants, use of special machines, the lireeding 

 and distribution of a native ant, the kelep or Guatemalan ant, use of poisons, planting 

 of special varieties of cotton, various ideas regarding weevil control. New projects to be 

 undertaken by the Commission are mentioned. 



No. 27. Bailey, Vernon, 1905. — Birds known to eat the boll weevil. <Bul. 122, Bur. 

 Biol. Surv., U. S. Dept. Agr., 16 pp. 



Contains notes on abundance and field habits of several species of birds found in Texas 

 cotton fields. The results of stomach examinations are presented; also remarks on the 

 relation of weevil abundance to the percentage destroyed by birds. The protection of insec- 

 tivorous birds is urged. 



No. 28. Balestrier, L. de, 1897. — Las medias precautorias contra las plagas que asolan 

 a la agricultura.<El Progreso de Mexico, ano 4, pp. 575-576, May 22. 



A discussion of the seriousness of the boll weevil situation and necessity for some definite 

 plan of procedure. 



No. 29. Balestrier, L. de, 1898. — El picudo en 1897. <E1 Progreso de Mexico, ano 5, 

 pp. 242-243, January 30. 



Brief statement regarding the boll weevil in Tabasco, its parasites, and methods of control. 

 Two machines are briefly discussed. 



No. 30. Balestrier, L. de, 1901. — Contra el picudo. <E1 Progreso de Mexico, ano 8, 

 pp. 481^82, May 22; pp. 497-498, May 30; pp. 531-532, June 15; pp. 

 545-546, June 22. 



Discusses traps, collection of squares, burying of squares, rate of development of weevil, 

 early maturing cotton, occurrence of weevils in cotton seed , destruction of stalks by burning 

 and grazing, spread of the weevil, difficulties in the application of cultural methods and 

 their value emphasized. 



No. 31. Balestrier, L. de, 1902. — El picudo. Trabajos de la Comision Mexicana de 

 Parasitologia. Opinion de un entomologista americana.<;El Progreso de 

 Mexico, ano 10, pp. 3-4, October 8. 



A review and discussion of parts of publications of the Comision de Parasitologia and 

 the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. 



